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  Government Orders Employees Not to Use Google Drive, Dropbox, VPNs

  Government has ordered its employees to restrict themselves from using cloud platforms including Google Drive and Dropbox as well as virtual private network (VPN) service providers such as NordVPN and ExpressVPN.

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  Twitter Unveils Tor Version of Site That Can Bypass Russia Block Amid Ukraine Crisis

  Twitter has launched a privacy-protected version of its site to bypass surveillance and censorship after Russia restricted access to its service in the country.

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  Session Is a Blockchain-Based Private Messenger That Uses Decentralised Server Nodes To Ensure Anonymity

  Essentially a fork of Signal, Session is an open-source messaging app by the Loki Foundation, an NGO based out of Australia.

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  Russian Hackers Are Abusing VPNs to Hijack Accounts: US, UK Officials

  Russian spies accused of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election have spent much of the past two years abusing virtual private networks (VPNs) to target hundreds of organizations worldwide, US and British authorities said.

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  Jawa Nomads Punjab Da Tor: Exploring Punjab On Jawa Motorcycles

  We spent a few days astride some Jawa motorcycles exploring Punjab, through some country roads, fast highways and visits to the frontier with Pakistan to spend some time with the armed forces.

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  Google Urged by Over 50 Organisations Including DuckDuckGo to Take Action Against Android Vendors Offering Bloatware

  More than 50 organisations in an open letter submitted to Google CEO Sundar Pichai have highlighted pre-installed apps aka bloatware on Android can come with “privileged custom permissions”.

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  Tor Browser Debuts on Android to Let You Browse the Web Anonymously

  Tor Browser for Android is initially in alpha, and you need to install Orbot proxy app to leverage the Tor network.

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  Mozilla, Tor Issue Critical Update for Actively Exploited Firefox Vulnerability

  The vulnerability is being actively exploited on Windows systems right now; OS X and Linux users also susceptible to attacks.

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  Linux Distributions Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks: Report

  Researchers report a vulnerability with the Transmission Control Protocol on all Linux operating systems, allowing for remote hijacking.

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  MIT's New Anonymity Network Is Claimed to Be More Secure Than Tor

  MIT researchers have developed an anonymity network that they claim is more secure and less vulnerable to attacks as compared to Tor

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  Over a Million People Using Facebook Through Tor

  Tor allows anonymous Web browsing by sending data through multiple encrypted steps rather than making direct connections that shields the identity of its users.

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  Tor Says CloudFlare Is Mistreating Users; Refutes Claims About Malicious Traffic

  The non-profit says that CloudFlare intentionally treats Tor users poorly, blocking the traffic coming from Tor IP addresses.

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  When Malware Becomes a Service, Anyone Can Be a Hacker

  As hackers switch to malware-as-a-service model to make their malicious tools and services available to general public, security firms struggle to find a way to catch the bad guys.

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  Facebook Can Be Accessed Where It's Banned via Tor Support: Report

  The recently added Tor support for Facebook on Android may allow users access in countries where the service is banned.

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  Facebook Adds Android App Support for Anonymity Service Tor

  Tor has no plans to support Facebook's mobile app forApple Inc's iPhone, Krauss said.