According to a recent report, there is a new hacking group out there with rather advanced skills, which managed to compromise as many as 11 IT service providers. The group was reported by security researchers working at Symantec, whose theory is that the hackers’ end-goal might be to gain access to the IT providers’ customers.
Since its inception, the world wide web has been a free and unbiased source of information for worldwide users. However, as the internet closely follows the rules of the world we live in, it has also come to be much different than it was originally designed.
Lately, there has been a lot of panic online regarding the subject of net neutrality. People all around the world have protested against the end of net neutrality, and for a good reason.
Over the past few years, there has been a lot of talk about media censorship and how it affects people. Different countries have different laws which state what is and what isn’t allowed to be shown on television or looked at on the internet.
It’s up to governments now to decide which content can be viewed freely and, on the other hand, what should be banned.
However, some countries take all this a step too far and enforce media censorship which robs people of a huge amount of content. Currently, the people of China and Turkey are going through some rigorous bans and media censorship laws.
Did you know that, since 2013, almost 25% of global internet users have accessed the web through a VPN each month?
In other words, a quarter of all the people browsing the web around the world find that their ISPs simply don’t (or can’t) offer the best internet experience.
Instead, for one reason or another, users turn to virtual private networks in order to get the most out of what the internet is supposed to be in the first place – a world wide web promoting democracy, equality, and freedom of choice.
In 2018, the average Internet speed in Mauritius stands at 5.7 Mbit/s, which is a significant drop compared to 2017, when it reached about 6.5 Mbit/s. Still, this is much faster than the connection speed this country used to have ten years ago when it was almost three times slower.
Mauritius has a few Internet operators such as Mauritius Telecom, Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius Limited, Emtel and Nomad. They use WiMAX, HSDPA and other technologies to provide Mauritians with access to the world wide web.
Our tasks at work and our jobs in general depend on new technologies, especially if you work on a computer. This means that sometimes we face problems which are easy to handle, while sometimes they can be a real pain in the neck.
Are you an SEO engineer who regularly analyzes the competition?
What if your tasks have to do with ad verification and ensuring that your ads are placed on the right websites?
Our tasks at work and our jobs in general depend on new technologies, especially if you work on a computer. This means that sometimes we face problems which are easy to handle, while sometimes they can be a real pain in the neck.
Are you an SEO engineer who regularly analyzes the competition?
What if your tasks have to do with ad verification and ensuring that your ads are placed on the right websites?
The United States is a country of democracy, freedom and human rights. The first amendment guarantees freedom of speech and press. And indeed, you are entitled to your own opinion and can say pretty much anything you want.
But even in this country, there is considerable Internet censorship. This is not so noticeable at the country level, though there are certain websites that do have discriminatory policies.
However, at the lower levels, such as state- and city-level, people are often denied access to certain websites ‒ usually at work.
