A ten-step checklist you can actually run: threat model first, then the logging policy, audits, ownership, protocols, kill switch, honest pricing and payment options — before any discount timer decides for you.
Seven VPN ads’ promises — anonymity, total hacker protection, zero risk from “no-logs,” completely safe public Wi-Fi — checked against what EFF, Mullvad and Mozilla actually document. A VPN shifts trust; it does not remove it.
Running a VPN costs money, so a free one is paid for somehow — ads, data sharing, strict limits, or paying subscribers. What you give up differs sharply depending on which of those it is.
Install the app, sign in — then stop. The kill switch, the protocol and auto-connect need setting before your first connection, and the setup is not finished until you have watched your IP address change.
AI is not conscious and not unbiased — but voice-clone family emergency scams are real. The FTC’s guidance, the payment red flags, and a verification habit that beats both myths and fraud.
ChatGPT FAQs answered from OpenAI’s own policies: whether chats train the models and how to opt out, Temporary Chat, memory, hallucinations and accuracy, free-plan limits, and safety for students.
Highlights The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) released its Annual Cyber Threat Report 2025–26 on 26 October 2026, calling AI the defining force in the cyber threat landscape of the past year The ASD responded to more than 1,500 cyber security…
If you own a website, this is the rare security alert that should not wait for the weekend. Two flaws in PHP — the language underneath a large share of the web, including most WordPress sites — let an attacker…