New bill on communication data in the UK will force telecom British companies to store Internet history of their customers for 12 months, if passed

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New bill on communication data in the UK will force telecom British companies to store Internet history of their customers for 12 months, if passed -
the British Parliament is considering a draft of a proposed new data communication law, also described as' the Charter 'nosy', which is strongly criticized in the UK.
the new bill, if passed, will give unprecedented power of the British police to access and monitor Internet history and of all British newspapers by forcing companies telecommunications to store the Internet history of their users for a period of 12 months.
If the bill on communications in the UK has increased, telecommunications companies will begin to store for 12 months the following data:
  • messages sent on social media
  • Webmail
  • voice calls over the Internet
  • online gambling
the data collected will include the time, duration, sender and recipient of a communication and the location of the device from which it was made.
According to the bill, police officers will not have access to the content of messages without a warrant, but will not need any additional authorization to access the rest of the data at their convenience, as the details of the time and place of the message. 4 The following organizations will have access to it. The police, the Agency serious and organized crime, intelligence agencies and HM Revenue & Customs
British ministers said that the law enforcement agencies must follow the changes in technology, but civil activists freedoms describe the bill as "nosy charter" a.
as reported by the BBC, Christopher Graham Commissioner of information from the United Kingdom warned that the plans to monitor the risks of online activity of all Britons discover "incompetent criminals and accidental anarchists" rather than serious offenders . Christopher Graham added that the "really scary people" could simply avoid detection by changing their behavior , including the use of VPN overseas networks that allow encrypted communications and does not keep records of their users.
communication bill proposed is certainly a concern for those who reside in the UK and the value of their online privacy and anonymity. Henry Porter, regular columnist of Observer and the UK editor of Vanity Fair , said: " I do not think this whole nation should undergo the massive surveillance campaign by a few people who seem to be unscrutinised and non-transparent methods . "
Certainly one of the best ways to protect against" snoopers unlegislated "or hackers and cyber criminals, who steal private information on the Internet, using a VPN or virtual private network for all your Internet connections. a crypt VPN all your data online and send your traffic through a virtual tunnel encrypted, making your Internet usage safe and confidential.
There are many VPN providers currently on the market that can help you encrypt your Internet connection, and many them are free VPN. When choosing your VPN provider, we advise you to be careful with free VPN for the many dangers that you can encounter when using their service (for more details, read our blog on VPN vs. Free Paid VPN). But even when selecting a paid VPN service, it must be taken care of course not be subscribing to one of these " VPN abroad who not keep logs " which will be probably used by 'nosy UK "and that the risk of their VPN IP addresses blocked in the UK and other countries in the event of such use. The best would be to study the terms and conditions of use of each VPN provider which set out the VPN service conditions of use before a subscriber to a VPN tunnel.
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Stay on top of online pirates by having a VPN

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Stay on top of online pirates by having a VPN -

Everybody knows that VPNs are a great way to stay on top hackers online and Internet Service providers that tend to block all "interesting" sites. The problem is that many think they are expensive and require a lot of funding to be able to get. This could not be more wrong. In fact, having a VPN is very affordable and services such as VPN can make your online experience the best because you will be able to get on all the sites you want in privacy.

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When you want to download the material that was blocked by your ISP, you'll be able to download it using a VPN. There will be no limit to the amount of downloads that you want to do and what's more is that they can never be traced by your ISP. Neither can your IP address is traced. When your IP address is traceable, you are traceable, and many want to keep their information secure online and away from prying eyes.

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Hackers will not be able to get a positive internet address from you; therefore they are not able to hack you. If you keep safe and secure where you conduct business. Also, if your business competitor try to have your online history traced so he or she can beat you to the ball, you'll be a little ahead of them by ensuring that your secrets remain just that, the company can be ruthless sometimes.

all in all, not to have a VPN you are not doing yourself any favors. You must ensure that you are hiding online at any time and keep your online activities strictly online. Make sure you cover your tracks and investment by subscribing to a VPN such as VPN. You'll wonder what life used to be like before you.

Last.fm block its Internet radio in many countries of January 15, 2013

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Last.fm block its Internet radio in many countries of January 15, 2013 -
Last.fm , an online radio channel People enjoyed by current listeners from around the world, announced this week that their Internet radio will soon cease to exist in many countries (outside the selected 7) from 15 January 2013.
Last.fm in the US, UK and Germany will be available only with a subscription, the same way it already exists exclusively in a version of subscription only for desktop users in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil.
users in the US, UK and Germany will also have access to free online radio, but according to the press release from Last.fm - this radio Free web will be full to -stream ads. In the remaining countries, Last.fm radio Internet will be blocked.
Last.fm announced that in the rest of the countries of their services will not be available, even on a subscription basis, due to licensing issues. Therefore, if you are based outside of these 7 countries: USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil - your access will be blocked Last.fm from 15 January , both scrobbling and in the version of the free web radio.
How to listen to Last.fm France, for example? If the Last.fm radio is stuck in France of January 15? a VPN connection that changes the location of your IP address to the "good" countries is a smart solution!
VPN, one of the best VPN -providers on the market with a reliable VPN connection, a VPN servers in 12 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany. To listen to Last.fm scrobbling or online via the web, simply connect to a server in one of these 4 countries, eg Germany, and listen to Last.fm France with a German IP address. And all this does not take more than few seconds!
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Internet censorship in the world

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Internet censorship in the world -

Some Canadian researchers have announced they identified some authoritarian regimes exploiting the technology of a US firm to monitor, filter and censor information on the Internet. These software tools and technology created by the company Bluecoat, based in California, are already used by countries that raise "concerns about human rights," said the Citizen Lab Department at the University of Toronto.

These tools were used by countries such as China, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Bahrain, China, India , Indonesia, Iraq Kenya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nigeria, Russia, South Korea, Singapore, Russia, Thailand, Turkey and Venezuela.

providers "should consider making things clear on the use of these tools. Hopefully, Blue Coat will use the opportunity of this report to explain how they ensure that their tools are not used to violate human rights, "said one of the researchers. the Canadian lab published the report after similar technologies Blue Coat have been discovered in Syria in 2011.

this echoes the list of Internet enemies countries updated each year by Reporters without borders this totalitarian includes schemes where the Internet is censored like Saudi Arabia, Russia and China, but also countries under surveillance, such as Australia or the United Arab Emirates France, since it adopted the Hadopi law.

with the VPN, you have the choice to select your connection country to avoid censorship. Once connected to one of our VPN server, your IP address will automatically be replaced by an IP address in the country where the server is located.

In addition, through the virtual tunnel you have established your connection appears as a country connection. So you can surf safely and access to all the content you want, if you surf media sites, blogs or download sites.

Ransomware, the new threat

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Ransomware, the new threat -

According to a Symantec report, 556 million people have been victims of scams in 2012, all the worldwide. This represents a cost of € 83 billion and at least 18 victims every second. Starting today, experts believe that at least 100 million malware exist, including 95.000 new types are created every day

The latest kind of Internet scams is called ransomware: . These are fairly sophisticated virus, developed by cyber criminal networks based in Eastern Europe to take control of hundreds of computer people perceiving impressive amounts. Through an ingenious process, hackers threaten people to extort money fictitious fines.

This is done through "botnets", ie robots that allow hackers to penetrate remote computers. Contamination to a new computer is via attachments in e-mails, links from social networking sites or advertise pirated content that takes the user to a malicious site that tests computer vulnerabilities. And once the vulnerability is exploited, the virus is installed. The user sees the screen occupied by a spam message as: "Warning, your computer is locked due to an offense following the detection of offenses" (then a list of sites the user has visited appears). Then comes the reception "to unlock your computer, you must pay 0 € in the next three days if you do not pay within the specified time, your computer will be confiscated and you will be in court.".

The fines must be paid by wire transfer or Western Union so that "the computer is unlocked within 24 hours. "Sure, the screen is frozen once the ransom was paid, cybercriminals do not even make the punishment to unlock the computer when they received the ransom.

This technical discovered in the United States by the FBI is now raging in Europe. the misappropriated funds are laundered in online casinos before being collected on the accounts in Russia and Ukraine.

to avoid becoming a ransomware victim, make sure you follow these rules

• Do not pay the ransom. If your computer has been the victim of an attack and your screen is "frozen", a cleaning procedure is proposed by the Site stopransomware.fr of anto-ransomware

• Be careful with updates to the computer. to limit the computer defects, enable automatic updates of the operating system. This allows in particular to protect Internet browsing software or mailboxes

• regularly back up your most important files. Data backup can be done on a removable hard drive or USB stick

• Do not click on links in emails that come from people you do not know or do not have the used to contact you in this way

• alert authorities. When a computer is infected, the police experts may be requested. You will be well explained on the steps to get rid of the virus

The best solution is to use a VPN. Thank you to a VPN service, your IP address is hidden and can not be identified. When you connect to the Internet via an unsecured connection through the VPN, you get strong encryption, which will not allow anyone to know which sites you visited. And your Internet connection is secure wherever you are. A special VPN also allows you to protect your connections from your smartphone or tablet. Think of it as ransomware on mobile systems is also becoming fashionable.

Protect your smartphone and tablet

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Protect your smartphone and tablet -

More than 515 million smartphones and 131 million tablets were sold worldwide up until today. These mobile Internet users are of great interest to hackers, especially since 75% of them do not protect their smartphone. This is quite disturbing especially when we know that in 2012, malicious applications have multiplied by 82.

While on the Internet from a smartphone or tablet, you can become the victim a site using "phishing" that seeks to replicate, for example, the website of your bank to steal your username and password. Unfortunately, you can also have your phone stolen: many passwords are stored in applications and whoever finds your device can then access your email, your Facebook account, etc ...

Americans lost $ 30 billion of mobile phones in 2011. Because it does not happen only to others, the most effective solution is to protect your phone access with a password.

beyond the fear of loss or theft, security companies are warning users about the increasing number of corruption and malicious applications, mainly on Android. According to Symantec, in a period of the year, since January 2012, the number of corrupt apps on the Google system has reached 150 000, being such multiplied by 58.

"This does not mean that Android is more fallible, but the ability to install applications outside the official Google Play opens the door to infections, "says Stephan Wesche, a Symantec security expert. What about other operating systems? it is quiet, with few infected applications on iOS, and little or no BlackBerry and Windows Phone.

In general, pirates hijack an application and official re-program to introduce malicious code. the new application is then distributed on sites, giving the impression that it is an official language. then, this application generates premium SMS costs a few euros each bill the user finally realizes that once he receives the bill . These corrupted applications can track the movements of the smartphone, steal passwords, and even spy on the house of a user to plan a robbery.

for you not to be next, be sure to pay attention to what you download and read the permissions required when installing applications. Symantec also notes the rise of sips malicious advertisements. "We are seeing the emergence of new applications, not really illegal but very unpleasant, which can pop-up ads constantly open, change your favorites navigation, change the ringtone or wallpaper to launch an advertising, etc .. "says Stephan Wesche.

Last but not least, be very careful with Wi-Fi works without a password: beware of Wi-Fi through open connections, anyone can easily connect with a small software and intercept all data flowing. Therefore, avoid checking your online bank account or make purchases when you use an open Wi-Fi.

To keep your mobile phone or tablet safely, use a VPN to encrypt easily connection.This your way, you can safely use the same open Wi-Fi. The VPN provides a simple service and easy to implement for iPhone, iPad and Android phones too. So do not wait and just test our mobile solutions.