To combat fake pandemic news, countries beef up censorship
These new measures suppressing press and internet freedoms are ripe for abuse.
The CIA was secretly granted much more freedom to carry out cyberattacks
Since 2018, the agency has been permitted to approve its own operations, no longer needing White House approval.
Modern-day encryption has ancient cryptography beginnings
How to communicate privately has fascinated mathematicians for millennia, possibly as far back as ancient Egypt. Greek strategists would often make use of simple...
Big changes to data protection laws in the EU and Brazil
A key ruling in the EU and Brazil's version of the GDPR means privacy safeguards just got strengthened for hundreds of millions of people.
New semester, new surveillance: How schools plan to monitor students
Amid a pandemic, schools that decide to reopen might implement various invasive methods of monitoring students.
Infographic: How your phone gives up your privacy
This visual guide covers mobile security tips, tricks, and best practices and will help secure your phone from the most determined of hackers.
U.S. Senate to vote on EARN IT bill, endangering encryption
The widely criticized EARN IT bill, which might eradicate end-to-end encryption, is now up for voting by the U.S. Senate.
Here’s how bug bounties improve security
Software could be the most complex tool created by humans. While it might still be possible for a single individual to understand all the...
ExpressVPN launches a bug-bounty program hosted by Bugcrowd
We encourage security researchers to look for vulnerabilities in our apps, website, servers, and all other ExpressVPN assets.
The U.S. wants to stop funding open-source projects. Here’s why that’s bad.
You may not have heard of the Open Technology Fund (OTF), but you’ve probably used tools that have gotten its financial support—Tor, Tails, and...
