Are VPNs next on the UK's ban list? 🚫💻
First, it was age checks for websites. Now, UK MPs are turning their sights on VPNs.
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Blog Index
Your phone might soon block nudity by default 🔒
Imagine trying to open a photo on your own phone and getting blocked until you scan your ID. 🛑
Introducing Our New Privacy & Security Apps & Services Portal
In a digital world where personal data has become the new currency, protecting privacy isn’t just a choice — it’s a necessity. That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of our new site: apps.netwk.pro — your trusted destination for discovering the best tools and services designed to safeguard your digital life.
The End of True Sideloading
How Google Is Tightening Its Grip on Android
For years, sideloading — the ability to install apps outside of official app stores — has been one of Android’s defining features. It’s what set the platform apart from Apple’s closed ecosystem, giving users the freedom to choose where their software comes from and how they use their devices.
Cyber Alert Update
🚨 SonicWall Security Breach: What You Need to Know
SonicWall has issued an urgent advisory after experiencing a security incident involving unauthorized access to its internal systems. ⚠️
They’re actively investigating and have taken containment actions while urging customers to review their security configurations and follow best practices to stay protected. 🛡️
🔒 UK Reverses Course on Apple Cloud Encryption Demands
📢 Important update for tech, legal, and policy professionals
The UK government has paused its proposal to compel Apple to weaken encryption on its cloud storage services — a move that would have had sweeping implications for user privacy, global tech policy, and corporate data protection standards.
🚫 Apple had strongly resisted the demand, citing its commitment to end-to-end encryption and refusal to compromise user security.
🧠 AI, Personality Profiling, and the Rise of “Intellectual Leveling”
AI doesn’t need a questionnaire to know who you are
Large Language Models (LLMs) can now infer psychological traits like the Big Five—Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism—just from your conversation style. This subtle profiling enables the AI to adapt its responses to your personality, interests, and emotional tendencies.
It sounds convenient. But it’s deeply concerning.
👉 This personalization isn’t just tailoring your user experience—it’s shaping your thinking.
🔍 FOSS Spotlight: Copy SMS Code – OTP Helper
Secure. Effortless. 100% Open Source
If you've ever juggled between apps just to copy a one-time password (OTP), you know how frustrating the process can be.
Copy SMS Code – OTP Helper is a minimalist Android app that takes care of that, seamlessly detecting OTPs from SMS or notifications and copying them directly to your clipboard—automatically. No interaction needed. No internet access required. No user data touched.
And yes—it’s fully open source, under the AGPL-3.0 license. 🔓
🚨 Is Outlook quietly turning into Microsoft’s data collection machine?
Microsoft’s new "Outlook for Windows" is no longer just an email client—it’s a data-collection engine
Microsoft’s new version of Outlook isn’t just an email client—it’s a data pipeline feeding insights to over 801 external partners. From your emails, location, and device data to even your credentials, Outlook could be tracking and sharing it—sometimes without your knowledge or consent.
HPE Completes Acquisition of Juniper Networks
Forms a new, integrated powerhouse in the cloud-native, AI-driven networking space
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has finalized its $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, officially forming one of the industry’s most comprehensive, cloud-native, AI-driven networking portfolios. 🌐