There’s a new data breach around every corner, and hackers are fighting to get their hands on your personal information. The one way to protect yourself is with a VPN, or virtual private network. Kim talks with Harold Li, Vice President at ExpressVPN, about the importance of having a VPN to keep you protected and secure in this dangerous digital world.
Apps known to track you and steal your data
Have you ever had an app ask you to access your phone’s location? Of course you have, we all have. How about those apps that want access to your smartphone camera and contact list?
If you think about why they do this, it might creep you out. In this Komando on Demand podcast, you’ll learn the dirty secrets that some app developers don’t want you to know.
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Our lives are being tracked and sold to companies. It has become second nature to share this info with the app, but did you ever stop to think: Where does all this data go?
In this podcast, you will learn who is tracking you, how they can get to your personal information and, most importantly, where your data is being sent.
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Free product samples sent right to you
What’s the best way to test out a new product? Free samples, of course.
A good site to look at for free samples is It’s All Free Online. This site is popular for deals on top brands and contests. The site collects links and instructions to sign up for freebies.
Amazon brazenly uses your Ring doorbell videos in ads
What happens when you sign up for something and don’t read the terms of service? Your personal information can end up on the internet for the world to see. Maybe the intent was good in the story you’re about to hear, but listen and learn so it doesn’t happen to you.
Another day, yet another data breach
Yet another story pops into headlines telling us our personal information has been leaked. This time it targets adults over 40. Better be on the lookout for phishers.
New list: Worst companies for data privacy
A Texas-based tech company launched a new system that rates websites that collect your personal data. They’ve recently published their “data privacy misleaders board” — a list no company wants their website to be on. Who’s on it? Osano CEO and co-founder Arlo Gilbert talks about the companies that are the best and worst at collecting and sharing your personal information.
How Facebook brands its users as liberal or conservative
Well it’s another day with yet another revelation about how Facebook intrudes in our lives. Not only have they sold all your personal information to Cambridge Analytica, and anyone else offering them cash; They’re also quietly labeling every user a liberal or conservative, whether you tell them or not. How are they doing it and are they right?