From SSL encryption to website CAPTCHAs, there are myriad ways to protect ourselves and our websites from malicious actors online. While SSL certificates might be more niche to site owners, everyone knows CAPTCHA.

Ever get frustrated by a CAPTCHA that’s impossible to interpret only for a website to declare you’re a bot, preventing you from completing whatever action you wanted to perform? You’re not the only one. Even so, they’re all over the web. Fortunately, Cloudflare has come up with what they claim is a frustration-free alternative. 

Before we get into that, let’s take a look at why CAPTCHAs are even a thing.

Cora Quigley

Cora is a digital copywriter for SSLs.com. Having eight years of experience in online content creation, she is a versatile writer with an interest in a wide variety of topics, ranging from technology to marketing.

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The US National Security Agency (NSA) is well known for performing extensive surveillance in the name of national security, building up vast swathes of data in the process. But what happens when an employee tries to steal some of this data?

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Cora is a digital copywriter for SSLs.com. Having eight years of experience in online content creation, she is a versatile writer with an interest in a wide variety of topics, ranging from technology to marketing.

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Online safety, particularly for children, has been a pressing concern as the Internet becomes more entrenched in our everyday lives. Now, California has moved to tackle children’s safety online by enshrining it in law, with the governor signing the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act. 

Cora Quigley

Cora is a digital copywriter for SSLs.com. Having eight years of experience in online content creation, she is a versatile writer with an interest in a wide variety of topics, ranging from technology to marketing.

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There’s a great deal of excitement surrounding the world of digital assets. With its advertised benefits of decentralized currencies and presenting an alternative to traditional financial channels, it’s not hard to see why. Resultantly, a plethora of people are eager to take their first step on that alluring fintech ladder. 

Cora Quigley

Cora is a digital copywriter for SSLs.com. Having eight years of experience in online content creation, she is a versatile writer with an interest in a wide variety of topics, ranging from technology to marketing.

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The US may be starting to crack down on cryptocurrency exchanges that don’t make it a priority to combat scammers. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has sent letters to several federal agencies and five digital asset exchanges for information and documents related to how they are tackling cryptocurrency fraud. The cryptocurrency exchanges they contacted are FTX, Binance, Coinbase, KuCoin, and Kraken, while the agencies they contacted include the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Trade Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Cora Quigley

Cora is a digital copywriter for SSLs.com. Having eight years of experience in online content creation, she is a versatile writer with an interest in a wide variety of topics, ranging from technology to marketing.

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A judge in Ohio has ruled that a room scan during a remote test violated a student’s fourth amendment rights, which aims to protect citizens against “unreasonable searches and seizures”. 

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Cora is a digital copywriter for SSLs.com. Having eight years of experience in online content creation, she is a versatile writer with an interest in a wide variety of topics, ranging from technology to marketing.

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With online privacy being such a hot-button issue in recent years, it’s kind of surprising that Facebook Messenger, one of the most-used messenger apps, hasn’t yet implemented end-to-end encryption by default. Particularly when WhatsApp, another Meta-owned messaging app, has been offering end-to-end encryption since 2016. Right now, your Facebook messages can be accessed by Meta staff and could even be handed over to law enforcement, much like a recent case in Nebraska.

Cora Quigley

Cora is a digital copywriter for SSLs.com. Having eight years of experience in online content creation, she is a versatile writer with an interest in a wide variety of topics, ranging from technology to marketing.

www.ssls.com/