Archive List for privacy

The Spy in Your Phone | Al Jazeera World

In mid-2020, a mobile phone belonging to an Al Jazeera Arabic investigative team was hacked. Over the next few months, reporter Tamer Almisshal and the Canadian research group Citizen Lab investigated Pegasus, the sophisticated spyware used. Pegasus is manufactured by an Israeli technology company called the NSO Group and is among the most advanced spyware in the world. It can access and infiltrate a smartphone without the owner clicking a link, opening an email or even answering their phone – meaning it can go undetected. This investigation exposes how Pegasus works, how governments like Saudi Arabia and the UAE have bought the hugely expensive spyware and how it has been […]

Going incognito with VPNs in the age of surveillance | The Listening Post (Feature)

Virtual Private Networks first came into use in 1996 and are among the most enduring innovations in online browsing with popularity on the rise around the world. VPNs were originally developed as tools for corporations and governments to connect their offices in different countries, to make it easier for people to work together. But as surveillance and control of the web have increased, a market has emerged and expanded – for people to work around internet blocks and to hide their location online. Particularly popular in countries with authoritarian tendencies, such as Iran, China and Turkey, VPNs are now getting downloaded in more countries like Sri Lanka, across the Gulf, […]

Do I Have To Put Myself Out There To Make Money Online? | #AskStefan

Join Online Business Mastery Accelerator: https://onlinebusinessmasteryaccelerator.com/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=online-business-mastery-accelerator-promo&utm_term=make-money-online&utm_content=lc-youtube-description In this video I give my response to a question that one of my followers recently asked me, which was, “Do I have to put myself out there to make money online? There are many ways to make money online that don’t require that you put yourself out there. However, being the face of your brand gives you a huge competitive advantage, and it allows you to achieve success a lot faster. The emergence of social media has transformed the way in which we connect with one another. Platforms, like video and social media, have become the vehicle that make it possible for people […]