The Shocking Facts our Co-CEO told Naomi Brockwell About Cell Phones
Your cell number is more valuable to advertisers, data brokers and criminals than your credit card number or your Social Security Number, simply because of the number of interactions it’s tied to. That’s the message our co-CEO JD Mumford gave tech journalist and privacy advocate Naomi Brockwell when she invited him onto her NBTV podcast last month. You can watch […]
This is Why You Should Be Careful How You Set Up 2FA
Did you hear Twitter was recently fined $150 million for selling users’ 2FA information to sell advertising on the platform? As personal data is increasingly exposed and abused, 2FA has become an extra security measure for account access. But it’s vital you take care when setting up 2FA using your personal information. MySudo can help. What is […]
What is Personal Data?
Have you heard of “personal data” but don’t really know what it means? Are you aware that when your personal data gets in the wrong hands or businesses use it in particular ways it can be bad for your privacy and possibly even your safety? So that we’re all on the same page when we talk about […]
This is Why You Should Worry About Your Personal Information in Targeted Advertising
Have you ever wondered who can access your personal data during the real-time bidding auctions that drive personalized advertising? According to the Irish Council for Civil Liberties’ (ICCL) newly released report into the scale of real time bidding data broadcasts in the US and Europe, which is attracting headlines globally: “Europeans and U.S. Internet users’ private data is sent to firms across […]
Teachers! This is Why You Should Get Your Free Trial of MySudo
If you’re a teacher preparing to go back to school, let’s take a moment to talk about your personal safety and how MySudo can help protect it this new school year. As a teacher, when you use your personal email and phone number to reach out to students, you’re risking your safety and privacy. Sharing […]
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New Version of MySudo Just Dropped
New versions of MySudo for iOS and Android are now available[NB1] . In our iOS 1.16.0 release, we’ve really focused on improving messaging. We’ve fixed an issue some users were having with sending larger files, and made some other improvements. We’ve also fixed issues with incoming calls when ‘Silence unknown caller’ is enabled. And to make MySudo even better on iOS, […]
If You’re Using MySudo for Compartmentalization, Being Tracked for Ads Can Be a Good Thing
A lot has been said about the privacy pitfalls of personalized ads: Only 6% of US consumers opted in to cross-app tracking (which drives personalization) after Apple released its new App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature in 2021. An independent human rights body in Ireland has just labelled the real-time bidding process behind personalized ads as the “biggest data breach[NB1] ” ever. […]
We’re All Part of the “Biggest Data Breach” Everyday – MySudo Private Browsers Can Protect You
“On average, a person in the US has their online activity and location exposed 747 times every day by the real-time bidding industry.” When we read that, we thought: No wonder people love ad/tracker blockers once they’ve heard about them! The quote comes from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties’ (ICCL) newly released report, The Biggest Data Breach: ICCL […]
New to MySudo? Start Here
New to MySudo? Worried about your personal privacy online? We can quickly bring you up to speed on the problem and the solution (spoiler alert: the solution is MySudo). Let’s start with the problem. Handy terms to know here are: Privacy Personally identifiable information (PII) or personal data Surveillance capitalism or the data economy Data broking Data breach. If you’re […]
3 Ways to Get Your Folks (or Anyone) to Use MySudo
You use MySudo. You love MySudo. You might even be a MySudo power user (that’s a thing). And now you want to get your folks – and everyone in your circle – using and loving the all-in-one privacy app too. Here are 3 simple ways to do it: Frighten them with the facts. Invite them […]
Securely Chat With Your Friends With Free Sudo Handles
Are you making the most out of MySudo by using handles? Handles are nicknames you use online, instead of your own name. You’d know them from Twitter and Instagram. In MySudo, handles give you access to all the end-to-end encrypted communications functions – voice and video calls, texts and emails – without needing a phone number. This makes […]
Easy ‘Invite a Friend’ Function is Now in MySudo
We’ve made it easier to invite another person to join you on MySudo, the all-in-one privacy app. The ‘Invite a friend’ function is now available for iOS and Android. You can choose to invite friends from your device via another app or from your MySudo account and, once they’ve joined, all voice and video calls, texts and email […]
Your Privacy is No Joke: An April Fool’s Day Reminder
This April Fool’s Day don’t fall for privacy apps that collect your personal information. Your privacy is no joke. If a privacy app wants your name, phone number, date of birth or other information, it’s not really private, is it? We’re really talking about the big “privacy apps” here, such as Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp. […]
What Do I Get with the SudoMax Plan?
SudoMax is the name of our top monthly plan for the all-in-one privacy app MySudo. SudoMax is the ultimate privacy powerhouse, harnessing all the privacy and security capabilities of MySudo. It’s the perfect plan for those who want to speak privately, browse privately, pay privately* and live privately everywhere they go online and off. The comprehensive SudoMax comes […]