Ana Kovács
Senior Privacy Analyst
Ana has spent 9 years writing about consumer privacy, encryption protocols, and secure remote-work setups.
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Recent articles
VPN for Public Wi-Fi Safety: A Complete 2026 Guide
How a VPN protects you on coffee-shop, airport, and hotel Wi-Fi — and where it doesn’t help.
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Both hide your IP address. Only one encrypts your traffic. Here’s how to choose.
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Marketing copy makes VPNs sound magical. Reality is more useful — and more honest.
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Signal, WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram — what they actually encrypt, and from whom.
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Ten minutes in your browser settings cuts the majority of casual tracking.
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Three different ways the web identifies you — and why blocking only one isn’t enough.
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