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How to Block In-App Purchases

How to Block In-App Purchases

In-App offers are designed to be easy for your kids to buy. Here’s how to avoid those charges on your bill.

With Deepfakes, You Can’t Believe Your Eyes.

With Deepfakes, You Can’t Believe Your Eyes.

Seeing is no longer believing. Welcome to the world of deepfakes. Video-editing software has advanced to the point that it’s no longer just the movie studios who can make the impossible seem real (think Luke Skywalker’s recent Mandalorian cameos). Made with equipment available to the general public, deepfakes can appear to the casual observer to […]

Listen to Datacappy VPN’s Founder and CEO, Marco Bellin, on ‘The Politics of Privacy’ podcast.

Listen to Datacappy VPN’s Founder and CEO, Marco Bellin, on ‘The Politics of Privacy’ podcast.

“Cut off a pinky…”–Listen to some of the fun background of Marco’s passion to starting Datacappy. And join Amber Daines of ‘The Politics of Everything’ podcast here while she discusses with Marco why protecting your privacy needs to be taken very, very seriously.

When ‘OFF’ is not really ‘OFF’.

When ‘OFF’ is not really ‘OFF’.

Your iPhone has a subworld all it’s own even when it is powered down. Sounds scary, right? It is. Wireless chips and Bluetooth cyphon your Low Power Mode (LPM) on your iPhone to run even when your phone is off. With this ‘connection’ still live, there is a risk hackers could weasel their way into […]

Spying on Yourself? Google’s AR Glasses Will Learn Everything About You.

Spying on Yourself? Google’s AR Glasses Will Learn Everything About You.

Are you willing to completely give up your privacy to wear Google’s AR glasses? Remember leaning into your friend’s ear and whispering “Shhhh. It’s a SECRET!”? Will the word “secret” eventually be obliterated from common language and symbols/emojiis? Would you agree to having every single word you say tracked and recorded? Imagine a world where […]

If you use Google, Google uses YOU.

If you use Google, Google uses YOU.

Google knows everything about you. By using Google’s apps, search engine, browser or anything owned by them (think YouTube, FitBit, Nest, Waze to name a few), you are giving away your privacy. Do you want to manage how much information Google gathers on you and the changes you can make to protect your private information? […]

Roe v. Wade and Period Tracker Apps?

Roe v. Wade and Period Tracker Apps?

Never thought we’d come to this but here we are. App by app, our privacy is slipping away. Marco Bellin, founder and CEO of Datacappy VPN, weighs in on the risks of using a period tracker or any app, for that matter, that tracks your daily data. Without any HIPAA protection within these apps, your […]

Would you choose to keep smartphones out of your children’s hands?

Would you choose to keep smartphones out of your children’s hands?

Alarming statistics on the use of smartphones and children’s mental health led these parents to make a huge decision: no devices for their kids. Read about the parents who are fighting the valient fight to protect their children against social media addiction here.