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The New Oil Mission Statement To educate readers on why privacy and security matter, and the various tools and techniques available to help them reclaim and protect their own privacy & security To empower readers to believe that privacy and security are attainable for everyone and to do their bes...

Only half of teens agree they "feel supported online" by parents

Not enough children and teenagers trust their parents to support them online, and not enough parents know exactly how to give the support their children need. Those are some of the latest findings from joint research conducted this summer by Malwarebytes and 1Password, which we have published tod...

Facebook Privacy Flaw exposed two College Gay Students Accidentally

Facebook is continually changing its privacy settings, trying to give users more control over what they want to share and with whom. Two gay college students were outed on Facebook because of a privacy flaw in Facebook Groups. Users can be added to Facebook Groups by friends without the user's...

FTC Pushes "Do Not Track" Option For Web Browsers

The Federal Trade Commission introduced a framework today that aims to address privacy issues raised by consumers that directly affects how our activity is tracked online. The agency went on to advocate the creation of a “Do Not Track” mechanism that could help shape the future of browser securit...