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Technology and Privacy
I am a cybersecurity expert and a privacy advocate. You can learn how to protect yourself and your privacy.


Do You Really Need a VPN? Six VPN Myths That Refuse to Die
Every few months, the internet discovers a new opinion about VPNs. One week they are essential tools that everyone should use. The next week they are supposedly useless snake oil. Then someone on Reddit claims that HTTPS made VPNs obsolete. Someone else insists that a VPN makes you completely anonymous. Before long, nobody knows what to believe anymore. Image created by me using Create Studio 4. As someone who spends far too much time thinking about privacy, cybersecurity, an

Matyas Koszegi
6 days ago6 min read


Microsoft Just Banned WireGuard, VeraCrypt and Windscribe!
There are quiet days in cybersecurity, and then there are days when a single corporate decision manages to undermine an entire trust model. This is the latter. I created this picture using Create Studio 4 . Without warning, Microsoft suspended developer access for some of the most critical open source security tools in existence, including WireGuard and VeraCrypt. No prior notice, no meaningful explanation, and most importantly no immediate way for developers to fix the situa

Matyas Koszegi
Apr 153 min read


The Misconception Of Privacy
There is a fundamental misconception about privacy. Read this to understand privacy and learn how to protect it.

Matyas Koszegi
Apr 73 min read


Age Verification Is Quietly Building the Internet’s Next Surveillance System
The truth behind age verification and child safety.

Matyas Koszegi
Mar 65 min read


Drones: From Harvest to Crosshairs
Drones are amazing. They save lives and do things that would be otherwise impossible. And they kill people...

Matyas Koszegi
Feb 253 min read


Generative AI, Privacy and FOSS in Academic Research
It's never easy to talk about generative AI, privacy and FOSS at an academic level. But I just did it!

Matyas Koszegi
Feb 192 min read


OSINT Advice for Beginners: What I Wish I Knew When I Started
New to OSINT? Stop chasing tools and start thinking. Focus, record, verify — and avoid getting lost.

Matyas Koszegi
Jan 233 min read


What Are Your Goals For 2026?
Now that more than a week has passed, you can ask yourself: “What are my goals for 2026?” Image created by me using Create Studio 4. This is a very important question, but I think you need to ask a better one like this: “How do I set goals and how do I achieve them?” The reason I write this is that most goals are way too big and so vague that one cannot even grasp them. Goals like “I want to earn more money” or “I want to get fit” are doomed at the moment they are created. Wh

Matyas Koszegi
Jan 82 min read


Congratulations, You Are Now Property of Big Tech
Big companies own you. They know everything about you. Here is the only way you can do against them.

Matyas Koszegi
Dec 7, 20255 min read


Reclaiming the Biological Privacy You Did Not Know You Lost
Your brain is not meant for digital inputs. It has been compromised. Click here to reclaim your biological privacy!

Matyas Koszegi
Nov 28, 20253 min read


The Coming AI Privacy Meltdown: What Happens to Your Data When The Bubble Bursts?
The AI bubble os on the edge of bursting. What happens with our data, when it does? It will surely be a privacy nightmare.

Matyas Koszegi
Nov 21, 20255 min read


AI Hates on Vegans?!
AI tried to tell offensive jokes. Most failed, some got dark, all proved that machines still don’t understand comedy.

Matyas Koszegi
Nov 5, 20254 min read


Time to switch to Linux
Windows 10 dies, Windows 11 and macOS spy; Linux (Mint/Zorin) installs fast, runs free, respects privacy—no AI snoops, just pure control.

Matyas Koszegi
Oct 23, 20254 min read


How Surveillance Turned the Internet Into a Puppet‑Show
Surveillance led the greedy tech companies to bid on your data, every time you click on something or hit "Enter".

Matyas Koszegi
Oct 7, 20254 min read


North Korean Censorship: Mirror for Our Own Digital Surveillance?
North Korean censorship is not much worse than the one we already have in Europe and the States. Find out why.

Matyas Koszegi
Aug 27, 20255 min read


When Privacy Meets Pride: The FOSS Dilemma
Privacy is dying, not by force, but by applause. Here’s why our digital freedom is slipping away unnoticed.

Matyas Koszegi
Aug 20, 20253 min read


How to Kill Privacy and Call It Child Protection: The UK’s Online Safety Act
It’s always the same story: someone in a suit stands in front of a camera, stares earnestly into the lens, and says, “We’re doing this...

Matyas Koszegi
Aug 3, 20255 min read


AI on Your Phone: The Privacy Apocalypse You Didn’t See Coming
Buckle up, folks. We’re about to take a rollercoaster ride through the dystopian nightmare that is AI on your phone. Forget the...

Matyas Koszegi
Jul 25, 20254 min read


Delete WhatsApp Already — You’re Not a Lab Rat, Are You?
There’s a peculiar thing about us. We can know something is harmful, unethical, or invasive, and still... keep doing it. Smoking,...

Matyas Koszegi
Jul 3, 20253 min read


The AI Detector Paradox
There’s a growing, almost poetic absurdity quietly spreading across the digital plains of the internet. It’s the kind of thing that...

Matyas Koszegi
Jun 6, 20253 min read
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