Not so long ago, privacy online meant clearing browser history and hoping no one noticed. Today, it’s IDs, biometrics, facial scans, real name logins, age checks, and increasingly—digital identity verification that follows you from state services to banking to logging into a food delivery app. As sad as it may be, the internet is no… 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.
While the West debates the nuances of age assurance and digital wallets, China has already built the infrastructure for a post-anonymous internet. If the U.S. approach is a patchwork of state laws and the EU model is a privacy-conscious wallet, China’s digital ID strategy is a centralized fortress. The era of the Wild West web… Read more.
If you’ve flown domestically recently, you might have noticed the signs (or the panic) leading up to May 7, 2025. That was the final REAL ID deadline, ending years of delays. But while most Americans were scrambling to find their birth certificates to get that gold star on their plastic card, a quieter, more technical… Read more.
The EU digital ID plan is in full swing—Europe is building an interoperable wallet network so your verified attributes (age, nationality, etc.) work across borders. And this is not some distant future but today’s reality: member states must make at least one EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI) available to residents by the end of 2026…. Read more.
2025 has been the year Australia moved from talk to action: Parliament passed a national Digital ID Act, regulators ran public trials, and the Social Media Minimum Age amendment to the Online Safety Act requiring platforms to verify users’ ages is taking effect in December. What does that mean for you and your privacy? And… Read more.
Looking for the best free VPN in 2025 that won’t sell your data or waste your time? In this article, we’ll break down which truly free VPNs protect privacy, what limits to expect, and which no-cost options work best for Android, iPhone, streaming, torrenting, and everyday browsing, so you can pick a safe VPN and… Read more.
2025 has been notable—if not revolutionary—for the UK’s privacy in both regulation and tech departments: the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) and its age assurance rules are already in force, and Whitehall has started pushing a program for UK digital ID cards—GOV.UK Wallet—that ministers say will (at the very least) be used for things like… Read more.
More and more governments and big platforms around the world are shifting toward forcing users to verify their identities when using online services, rolling out mandatory digital ID plans and biometric age checks—and at a faster pace than ever. Whether it’s for safety (as they usually justify these developments) or simply for more control, we’ll… Read more.
Tor vs VPN: The Tor Project, best known for Tor Browser and Orbot, has quietly rolled out its beta VPN. Is it a game-changer that will reshape the VPN industry or just another ordinary tool? I tried the app myself and am now ready to explain what Tor VPN is, how it differs from traditional… Read more.
VPN Use Keeps Growing in 2025 VPN use keeps climbing in 2025 as privacy awareness, streaming demand, and censorship push people straight into the arms of providers. Top10VPN reports record-high growth in VPN demand—827% in 2025 for the U.S. alone. In this data-driven article, I use the latest global VPN usage statistics from 2025 to… Read more.