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10 Best Websites Where You Can Buy Gadgets Online [India] To be honest, I don’t exactly remember the last time I went to a shop and bought a gadget. This is true for almost all of us these days. Thanks to “Online Shopping” we can now easily buy gadgets online [India] without much difficulty. Just choose your product, enter your payment details and click! Tada! Within matter of days or hours that product will be in your house. Also some eCommerce sites like Amazon and Flipkart provide “In-a-Day” delivery, which is honestly quite useful for desperate people like me.  I rarely purchase at shops offline, because I’m not able to judge the price, it’s not like I don’t trust the shop but sometimes the price could be quite outdated. When I asked my friend why he is not purchasing offline, his answer is honest and natural, he said “Macha, rombha veyil adikuthu da!” (English Translation: Macha, it’s very hot outside!). We are using the weather conditions to avoid offline shopping as well. 😉...

How to safely access the deep and dark webs Accessing the deep web is easier than you might think. In fact, you probably already have. The media hasn’t done a great job of differentiating what’s considered the deep web and what is the dark web — two similar names for two very different things. What is the deep web?  The deep web is just like it sounds — below the surface and not completely dark. Search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo are able to search and index websites because of links. They use links to rank search results according to things like relevancy, inbound links, and keywords. Regular browsers search the so-called “surface web,” but that’s where the search stops. For instance, if you wanted to search a public library catalog to find a book, you couldn’t type the title into your browser’s search bar and expect Google to return a meaningful result for your library. That level of information would be located in the deep web. The reason search engines can’t return thi...

Is the dark web illegal? There's plenty to see on the web, everything from the scores of your favorite sports teams to weather reports, reviews of the new French restaurant in town, and gossip from your friends and family members on social media platforms. But there's another world on the web that's mostly hidden from view and requires special browsers to access: the dark web. If that name sounds sinister, it's because the dark web encourages activity that people would rather hide from view. The dark web is where people can buy illegal drugs and firearms. It's also dotted with sites that specialize in illicit pornography, including child pornography. It’s a part of the internet that you can’t find with traditional search engines such as Google. Because it is hidden,  getting to the dark web  isn't easy. Most visitors first download Tor, or The Onion Router, a browser that allows users to search the internet anonymously. You can download this browser at  torproje...

How Data Brokers Find and Sell Your Personal Info Your consumer data is valuable to businesses. They would love to discover where you shop online, what Facebook pages you like, and how much you spend on your home. That's why data brokers are in business. Data brokers are companies that collect information about you and then sell that data to others, usually companies or individuals. The information that data brokers collect can be extensive, everything from your birthdate and addresses to your job title, number of children, and even your outside interests. In many cases, you might not be aware that these data brokers are nabbing your personal information. What are data brokers? Data brokers either collect information on individuals or purchase it from other companies. There's a reason these companies exist: The business of selling data is a lucrative one. According to WebFX, there were more than 4,000 data brokerage companies operating across the globe in 2019. WebFX gives an e...

Is your phone easy pickings for identity thieves? Identity thieves operate in a variety of low-tech and high-tech ways. An example of a low-tech way would be posing as an IRS official on the phone to get information such as your Social Security number. A high-tech way would be using software to figure out your email or bank account password. When it comes to your cellphone, the thieves can use a combination of low-tech and high-tech methods to exploit it. Here is a look at some of the ways this might happen. Your old phone was disposed of unsafely If you’re like many consumers, you change phones every few years, perhaps even every year. How do you dispose of your old devices? One good way is to first do a factory reset. This should take care of most of the information on your phone; just be sure to transfer any data to your new phone first. However, you can’t rest after doing a factory reset. Go into the old phone, and search apps such as the download folder, photos and the internet br...

5 Things You Need to Know About Identity Hacked With the Internet, modern society is connected now more than ever. While this interconnectedness may make some things easier, less savory things, such as identity theft, seem to have become easier as well. Knowing how identity theft happens could help you better understand what information you need to help protect yourself. 1. How thieves could get your personal and financial information Identity thieves could access your information in a myriad of ways, such as: Dumpster diving:  Criminals may go through your garbage or your recycling looking for bank statements, credit card offers, and other papers that could allow them to apply for accounts in your name. Robbery:  If you experience a break-in at home or if you are mugged, thieves may be less interested in stealing physical goods and more interested in obtaining personal documents such as birth certificates and Social Security cards, which they could use to steal your identity ...