“Politicians who can’t tell the difference between a security tool and a ‘loophole’ shouldn’t be writing laws about the internet.” — Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). We have warned about this. First, they came for the porn sites with age verification laws. Then, they came for the social media platforms. Now, seeing that users have simply… Read more.
Author: Sviat Soldatenkov
Sviat is a tech writer at Outbyte with an associate degree in Computer Science and a master’s in Linguistics and Interpretation. A lifelong tech enthusiast with solid background, Sviat specializes in Windows and Linux systems, networks, and video‑streaming technologies. Today, he channels that hands‑on expertise into clear, practical guides—helping you get the most out of your PC every day.
For months, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has been threatening to pull the plug on “unregistered” virtual private networks. They gave deadlines, issued vague threats, and promised a streamlined registration process for legitimate businesses. As of January 2026, the grace period is over. The hammer has officially dropped. If you are using a VPN to… Read more.
Remember when Netflix was just… Netflix? You paid your $10, you logged in, you watched whatever you wanted, and it felt like a whole new, endless world of content—liberating, vast, and easy. Fast forward to 2026. The streaming landscape has fractured into a dozen expensive fiefdoms, and Netflix itself has built a fortress around its… Read more.
If you were to walk down a busy city street shouting your home address, social security number, and a list of your medical conditions through a megaphone, people would think you’ve lost your mind. Yet, this is effectively how most of us browse the internet. Without protection, your data travels across the public web “naked.”… Read more.
Remember the promise that streaming would solve piracy forever? The logic was sound: give people an affordable, convenient library of everything, and they will gladly put away their torrent clients. For a while, it worked. But we are in 2026 now, and the “Netflix and chill” era (in its original sense, of course) has morphed… Read more.
If you believe the marketing copy on a VPN provider’s landing page, the world is a simple place. You click a button, a green shield icon appears, and suddenly you are invisible to the FBI, your ISP, and the teenage hacker next door. They sell you a “one size fits all” dream where the same… Read more.
It’s 7:30 p.m. on a Friday. You’ve just sat down with a pizza, fired up Netflix, and are ready to binge that new series everyone is talking about. You pay for a 500 Mbps connection—enough bandwidth to stream 4K video on ten screens simultaneously. Yet, the moment the opening credits roll, the quality drops to… Read more.
The internet is not a cloud; it is a physical network of cables, servers, and switches that costs billions to maintain. A VPN is essentially a private tunnel bored through this public infrastructure, shielding you from the prying eyes of advertisers, hackers, and surveillance states. But building a tunnel requires steel and concrete—or in our… Read more.
The evolution of the scam is almost poetic in its cruelty. We used to lose sleep over credit card theft or leaked passwords—tangible, yet replaceable losses. However, the new frontier of data theft isn’t your wallet; it’s your brain. If you’ve ever treated ChatGPT like a therapist, a senior engineer, or a confidant, you might… Read more.
The United Kingdom is often viewed as a bellwether for internet regulation, and if the latest proposal from the House of Lords is any indication, the forecast is stormy. In a move that manages to be both technically illiterate and terrifyingly authoritarian, a cross-party group of Peers has tabled an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing… Read more.