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How to protect your privacy online without racking your brain

The internet is so woven into our lives, we need to be aware of the worst-case scenarios that can strike when we're unprepared.

If the reactions are anything go by, the news that the State demanded private information about Kenyans from social networking giant Facebook is highly unwelcome.

In a recently released transparency report, Facebook said it had seen a spike on such requests from Kenya in the first half of 2019.

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