In the reality helping friends and protecting them is just normal. To ensure this also happens on the Internet, we have launched the “Friends protect friends” campaign. A free license key for daily automatic updates is rewarded as a thank you. Protecting privacy increasingly important eBlocker users already know: privacy is our most valuable right, […]
Besides our privacy policy on the website, we are often asked how and if eBlocker itself processes user data. In short: No, we do not process any data at all if possible and eBlocker runs completely autonomously (without cloud services). We have summarized all details about the data processing by eBlocker devices here. As a
Many are already familiar with the feature in most browsers to “hide” your browsing history. Chrome calls it “Incognito,” Edge named it “InPrivate” and Firefox calls it “Private Browsing Mode.” But do you really know what you’re hiding and what you’re not? Originally introduced by Google in Chrome, the feature allowed a family or friends
Browsing While in Incognito Isn’t Protecting as Much as You Might Expect. Weiterlesen
The penetration of US healthcare portals with web trackers like Facebook, Google, and various third-party trackers is more extensive than one would expect. Using an online tool from the University of Hamburg, eBlocker has analyzed numerous health-related Web sites to see what data spying is going on under the hood and without our knowledge. Not
Health Insurance Companies Are Spying on Customers Weiterlesen
The DSGVO / GDPR Rules Change a Lot – But The Tracking Remains It was desired, it was feared – now it is finally here, from here on the DSGVO (data protection basic regulation) and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) the new data protection laws in Europe are in effect. The positive news, in many respects
Facebook data abuse is just the tip of the iceberg: Why the whole Internet is a data protection scandal. The three most important reasons why personality profiles on the Internet are never safe Secret profiling is common practice, even without disclosing personal data The current Facebook data protection scandal once again shows that we all
Facebook data abuse is just the tip of the iceberg Weiterlesen
If the browser suddenly leads to piquant Internet pages, the favored search engine falters or unknown programs appear on the computer, so-called adware is usually involved. But these are only the harmless symptoms, there are much greater dangers. Many free programs either come with built-in advertising or more or less secretly try to install more
Adware: Advertising and Viruses Through The Back Door Weiterlesen
More and more fraudsters try to lure unsuspecting Internet users to manipulated Internet sites with deceptively genuine phishing e-mails. Anyone who enters access data or passwords here has fallen into the trap. More and more perfect – more threatening. Even experts often have to look closely at phishing spam to see if it is not
Advertising on the Internet is not only annoying, slows down the page layout and increases the data volume: Sometimes banners and pop-ups even cause real dangers – exactly when so-called malvertising attacks are used. In the childhood days of the Internet, publishers put content for which they had previously demanded good money at the kiosk
Cybergangsters are usually keen on credit card data or passwords, now they have their sights set on a new target: stealing computing power, so-called cryptojacking. Hundreds of millions of Internet users have already been affected. Find out what’s behind it and how you can protect yourself. Within a year, the price of the digital currency
Cybergangsters Now Tap The Computing Power Of Computers Weiterlesen
