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  Upd: May 18, 2023 7 min read Data protection Digest Industry news

  Blow to Apple's monopoly, Alexa revives the dead, Google, VPN, crypto, and more. AdGuard's digest

  EU law threatens Apple's app distribution model, Amazon's Alexa speaks in your great-grandmother's voice, Apple is making its devices more secure with "lockdown mode", a cryptocurrency exchange is helping the government, while India is grappling with the fallout from a VPN law.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  Upd: August 7, 2023 3 min read Data protection Why AdGuard

  Why you need an ad blocker: from obvious benefits to hidden gems

  Ads have become the main tool to harvest user data, which in turn is a valuable commodity on the digital market. Ad blockers will protect your privacy, but not only that — find out what else they can do in this article.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  Upd: June 3, 2022 10 min read Data protection The more you know

  Tell me a secret, I won’t keep it: Voice assistants — glitchy friends that might turn on you

  Voice assistants are undemanding helpers, always ready to take on the most boring chores. However, they can spy on you and allow others to eavesdrop on your conversations. Weigh the risks when you bring them home.

  Sofia Orlova
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  Upd: December 28, 2021 4 min read Data protection Industry news

  Your cell phone is not your own anymore

  Xiaomi blocked the smartphones of some users, and then called it an "occasional outage" and returned access to the devices. It seems that the phones no longer belong only to their owners...

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  Upd: June 7, 2022 5 min read Data protection Industry news

  Tech giants implement homomorphic encryption. A new era of user security or just smoke and mirrors again?

  Alphabet, Facebook, Microsoft, and IBM are testing homomorphic encryption. Encryption equals privacy, right? Or not? Find the answer in this article!

  Aleksey Fedulaev
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  Upd: December 14, 2021 9 min read Data protection Industry news

  Facebook the Blind Kingmaker: how and why Big Tech "helps" you choose your president

  Social media algorithms impact a lot of your choices, from a show to watch to a person to vote for. And it’s unclear how exactly they do that and in whose interests. What can you do to guard the freedom of your mind?

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  Upd: October 6, 2021 5 min read Data protection Industry news

  Anything you pay for can and will be used against you. When smart TVs get too smart

  Smart TVs are supposed to be the strictly better versions of the old-fashioned "dumb" ones. But it's not as simple: sometimes "smart" does not equal "good".

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  Upd: June 7, 2022 7 min read Data protection The more you know

  Why data matters: our manifest on the importance and value of your personal information

  Everybody will tell you again and again: "your private data is very important!" But why exactly? We will answer this question once and for all so that you don't have any doubts!

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  Upd: September 22, 2021 7 min read Data protection

  There is no such thing as balance when it comes to security: discussing the EU's contentious stance on encryption

  The European Union has a very strict stance on encryption and data protection — but also on fighting terrorism and child abuse. How do they go together?

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  Upd: September 6, 2021 8 min read Data protection Industry news

  Is there a price too high for children's safety? Our comment on Apple's new controversial feature

  There is a noisy scandal around privacy and Apple going on recently (yes, again). The world has been divided into alarmists and optimists (most of whom by wild coincidence work at Apple) by a new function called CSAM detection, aimed at preventing child abuse.

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva