The Web

Staying safe online means being aware of everything that touches your personal information. That's where our Web section comes in: giving you the necessary information so that you can be sure your digital privacy is safeguarded on social media, with IoT devices, using protocols and encryption, and much more.

Qwant Review

Jovita Šulskutė October 14, 2024

A private search engine uses additional settings to keep the user information and search information private. The private search engines support advertisement free environment while offering users guaranteed privacy to profile information. A good example is…

Most secure web browsers in 2024

Alberta Vengrytė October 14, 2024

A web browser is your gateway to the internet. It retrieves, presents, and traverses information resources on the internet. As such, it deals with a lot of sensitive data. Sadly, not all browsers are built equally,…

What is port forwarding and how to forward ports in 2024

Jovita Šulskutė October 14, 2024

What is port forwarding? Also known as port mapping and port tunneling, port forwarding is a way of accessing private networks, such as your home or business servers and devices from outside. It also shields the…

Best dark web search engines in 2024

Alberta Vengrytė October 7, 2024

The Tor browser enabled users to browse the internet anonymously, allowing access to websites that are part of the dark web. Unlike the surface web, dark web content can’t be accessed via search engines like Google…

What is a DNS Error and what causes it?

Ethan Payne June 25, 2024

What is a DNS (Domain Name System) error? As this is a common question, we thought to get to the bottom of this issue. Simply put, a DNS error occurs when a part of the network…

Gibiru Search Engine Review

Emilija Januškaitė January 18, 2024

Are you worried about how much data you give away when you surf the web? If you rely on search engines like Google, that fear is entirely reasonable. The world’s biggest search engine has a terrible…

What are internet cookies and how do they work?

Nadin Bhatt June 26, 2023

In the internet world, cookies are an essential piece of data. They make your browsing experience much more convenient. On the other hand, these files filled with personal information can be used to invade your privacy.…

Mozilla Firefox Review

Julie Cole June 20, 2023

Although the advent of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox remains a key part of the online world. Every day, around 500 million people use the browser, and there are plenty of good reasons for this. The browser’s…

What is a DNS server?

Ethan Payne April 19, 2023

The DNS (Domain Name System) translates website names like VPNpro.com into their corresponding IP (Internet Protocol) addresses. Naturally, specialized DNS servers are an integral part of that process due to the vast number of websites and…

Yippy Search Engine review

Emilija Januškaitė April 18, 2023

Yippy search engine no longer works and redirects to Duck Duck Go Recent years have seen Google’s reputation take a battering, from bowing down to Chinese censors, to losing vast quantities of user data. So many…

Brave browser review

Jovita Šulskutė April 7, 2023

This Brave browser review will introduce one of the leading secure Chrome alternatives and assess whether it’s really a major step up from mass-market options. Most browsers fail basic security tests. They make it hard to…

Best web application firewalls

Nadin Bhatt April 3, 2023

Still relatively new to the world of firewalls, Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) don’t simply use IP addresses or ports to allow or block traffic. Instead, they actually analyze the traffic itself and use this data to…

Alternatives to Google Docs: 5 Best Choices

Nadin Bhatt April 3, 2023

Some readers may well remember the days when word processing was done offline (possibly, even with a typewriter!) but for many of today’s digital natives, it’s always been done online – and through the software offered…

Opera Browser Review: is it secure enough?

Justė Kairytė - Barkauskienė December 13, 2022

An alternative browser on a range of platforms, could Opera be the secure browser you’ve been seeking? Let’s dig deeper and find out more in this Opera review. Browsing without security and privacy in mind doesn’t…

What is internet censorship?

Nica San Juan February 10, 2022

Back when the internet first came into existence, it was commonly referred to as the information superhighway. The reason for this description was that it provided access to a limitless stream of data. Fast forward to…

Dark web vs deep web

Nadin Bhatt January 12, 2022

Well, you may throw your rock and hide your hand Workin’ in the dark against your fellow man But as sure as God made black and white What’s down in the dark will be brought to…

What is cybersecurity?

Nica San Juan October 13, 2021

Cybersecurity is, most simply, any protection used to prevent cyber attacks. In the practical sense, cybersecurity is a combination of technology (hardware and software), processes, and people working together to prevent attacks related to data, processes,…

What’s the difference between network Layer 2 and Layer 3?

Mikaela Bray July 5, 2021

We often think of the internet as a web of connected nodes which stretches across the globe, but that’s not how network engineers see things. In their world, the internet is more like a pyramid (or…

DuckDuckGo Review

Mikaela Bray July 1, 2021

There’s no denying it. These days, Google has lost whatever innocence it used to possess. There may have been a time when its motto “Don’t be Evil” rang true. But now, we know more about how…

Safari review

Mikaela Bray May 20, 2021

Picking the right browser is more important than many people think. For starters, web browsers vary by speed and reliability. They may shine on some platforms, but struggle on others. And then there are usability issues.…