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Approachability of KeePassXC: Can Anyone Use It?

To compliment the in-depth testing our friends at Accessibility Lab provide, we wanted to understand the approachability KeePassXC. In addition, we wanted to measure how easy or difficult it was for people to set it up. We tested with a variety of users ranging in age and tech savviness.

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Help Protect Your Community From Malicious Attacks

Want to do something good today? Help protect your community from malicious attacks! Take our 15 min survey. Fake versions of apps can spread malware, spyware and take credibility away from the authentic versions. We need your help understanding why fakes exist, where people get them from, and how to stop them! Participate by completing the survey for the country in which you live.

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Carrie Winfrey Carrie Winfrey

An Effort to overcome Inauthentic Clones

Inauthentic clones are at the fingertips of activist and human rights defenders across the globe. They are particularly common among VPN, social media and messaging apps. Because of them, citizens fall into malware traps without knowing it. That is one of the most significant risks.

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A Tale of Biometrics Fail

The Aadhaar is the largest biometric database in the world, with over 1.3 billion Indian citizens registered. This raises many concerns regarding the physical security of the database as well as its legal security. Within India, data protection and privacy remain to be questioned.

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How To Use Signal For Your Family Group Chats

Get started owning your privacy! Follow our simple ’How To Tutorial’ and Share your life and the Signal Security with your family. I love my family, but unfortunately we live all over the country! I want to share my life with them. It's wonderful to see photos of my baby nephews growing up, or a video of my cousin getting married. Like most families, we all have different devices. Some own iPhones, while others use Samsung or Motorola. Because we have different devices, we need a secure way to communicate and share our lives with one another and just us. Our biggest concern is keeping photos out of the hands of large corporate companies who operate with the bottom line in mind.

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World Press Freedom Day: 27 Journalist Killed in 2018 (so far)

May 3rd was World Press Freedom Day. The 2018 theme—Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law—focuses on the opportunity we all have to protect and celebrate the lives of journalist all over the world who risk their very lives to bring us the news. This year celebrating World Press Freedom Day may be more important than ever.

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