Spyware Warning: Web Trackers Are Spying on our Children on the Internet

22. Jan 2018 / Editorial Staff

Children and Internet? Almost all parents are concerned about the dangers such as violence, bullying, and pornography on the web. Safe alternatives suggest offers explicitly aimed at the young target audience, such as child-friendly sites for entertainment and educational sites. Nobody expects Read More

Why Should I Pay More? How to Avoid Dynamic Pricing

22. Jan 2018 / Editorial Staff

Who buys cookies in the supermarket, pays the same price as all other customers. But the Internet has its own laws: More and more retailers rely on "dynamic pricing". Read More

I Don’t Need To Change My IP Address, I Have Nothing To Hide: 6 Biggest Misconceptions About Internet Anonymity

22. Jan 2018 / Editorial Staff

Every trip to the Internet leaves traces, with which users can be clearly identified. Because when the router dials in it’s assigned a unique worldwide number combination, the IP address. Even weeks later you can find out when and with which IP address a website was visited. Why should you, Read More

Naked In The Net: What Our Internet Data Reveals About Us

22. Jan 2018 / Editorial Staff

We are increasingly online and continuously leaving data traces on the Internet. According to "Online Study 2017" by ARD and ZDF, more than 50 million people call information from the Internet every day in Germany alone. On average, every German is on the net for almost two and a half hours a day Read More

Only The Tip Of The Iceberg: Data Scandal At Web Of Trust

22. Jan 2018 / Editorial Staff

The case was one of the biggest data scandals of 2016! Web of Trust (WOT) with 140 million users is one of the most popular browser extensions - turned out to be a nasty data spy or as the Germans called it “Datenschleuder” with translates to Sling Shot. The service collected information ab Read More

Mega Data-leech Google: Where Data Protection is Just Another Word

22. Jan 2018 / Editorial Staff

The 29th of October is the birthday of the Internet, on this day of the year 1969, two mainframes at American universities exchanged the first Internet message. 29 years later, Google set a milestone with the invention of their search engine. For users who took their first steps into the Interne Read More

Manipulation Of Elections: How Personality Profiles Helped Donald Trump Into The White House

22. Jan 2018 / Editorial Staff

Today not only posters, events and television debates decide the outcome of elections. Those who want to win the votes of the citizens must personally address them offering solutions for their individual problems. This applies particularly to swing voters and voters who are still undecided. Read More