Alternatives to Google Search: DuckDuckGo is an internet search engine that emphasizes protecting searchers’ privacy and avoiding the filter bubble of personalized search results. DuckDuckGo distinguishes itself from other search engines by not profiling its users and by showing all users the same search results for a given search term. DuckDuckGo’s results are a compilation […]
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies
Original article posted on Blomberg News October 4, 2018, 4:00 AM GMT-5 In 2015, Amazon.com Inc. began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies, a potential acquisition to help with a major expansion of its streaming video service, known today as Amazon Prime Video. Based in Portland, Ore., Elemental made software for compressing massive video files and formatting […]
The Zero – A Cold Hardware Wallet
The Zero cold storage hardware wallet is a currently funded Indigogo campaign and is in production with deliveries scheduled for October of 2020 The ZERO is a fully offline, tamper proofed hardware wallet. The ZERO does not rely on any network connections or USB, allowing you to generate your keys, receive and sign transactions, […]
RetroShare – All In One Encrypted Communications
With Retroshare you can establish encrypted connections between you, your friends and family. You create a network of computers which provide various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail, file sharing… Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Retroshare is entirely […]
Change your Device DNS
The Domain Name Systems (DNS) is the phonebook of the Internet. Humans access information online through domain names, like encrypt-the-planet.com. This makes it a lot easier than trying to remember server IP addresses to access websites. DNS translates domain names to IP addresses so browsers can load the website or resources. When you buy a router, buy […]
Uninstall Android Bloat Apps Without Root
Anytime you buy a new phone from a vendor it comes loaded with bloat apps you cannot remove. You may be able to disable some of them but they still remain taking precious space on your phone. This tutorial will show you how to remove those apps without having root privileges on your Android phone. […]
OPNsense – Open Source Firewall and Routing Software
Added to our list of Home Network Security Devices and Appliances is the OPNsense firewall. This is an open source, easy-to-use and easy-to-build FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform. OPNsense includes most of the features available in expensive commercial firewalls, and more in many cases. It brings the rich feature set of commercial offerings with […]
Share Files Anonymously Over Tor With Onion Share
Onion Share is an open source tool which you can use to easily share specific files of any size with others over the Tor network. Sharing files with Onion Share can make transfers secure and anonymous between both parties. Once you share selected files from your computer, a webserver is started and you are now […]
Crypto Hardware Wallets
If you are serious about holding crypto assets you should consider using a hardware wallet for better security and peace of mind. You can also view our Swiss Bank Account in Your Pocket article for other secure means to have and hold your crypto assets. Hardware wallets do not physically store your coins on the […]
Copperhead OS Flashing Service & OS license Sales
Copperhead OS has opened their flashing service for their OS on specified devices. They are still in the process of licensing their OS for individual sales and should be forthcoming as an option to purchase, download and install the OS yourself. When this happens, we will be providing our detailed flashing instructions as seen for […]