Ever Googled your name and found yourself uncomfortable with the breadth of personal information you’ve found in the results pages? 

It’s a common feeling, especially with our lives becoming ever more digital. One of the consequences of increased connectivity can be losing autonomy over personal data. And it’s not just discomfort that can result from having these kinds of details online. Privacy is crucial to staying safe online. Having private data readily available puts people at risk of threats like online harassment such as doxxing. According to SafeHome, 21% of Americans (around 43 million people) have experienced doxxing of some kind. 

Ever get a phone call or text from a number you don’t recognize, and it turns out to be a weird robocall or spam? You’re not the only one. In the US, people received 11.9 billion spam text messages and 6.4 billion spam calls in May 2022 alone. 

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.

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?

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. 

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. 

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.