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5 mins
Wozniak says we should get off Facebook but why should Zuckerberg care?
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is the latest tech celebrity to urge users to purge their Facebook account, suggesting that the privacy risks are concerning...
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3 mins
7 privacy and security takeaways in Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report
Technology analyst Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report sheds light on important changes in online privacy and security.
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4 mins
ExpressVPN survey reveals Americans do care about privacy after all
NOTE: This post was originally published on June 13, 2019 A representative survey, commissioned by ExpressVPN and undertaken by Propeller Insights, produced many surprising results...
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2 mins
Google is using Gmail to track your purchases. No one knows why.
For almost six years, Google has extracted and stored all purchases, bookings, and subscriptions from your Gmail account. It’s not clear why Google wants...
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3 mins
The fight for your face: The battles deciding the fate of facial recognition
Companies and governments are putting more resources into facial recognition technology to capture your face. Now, people are fighting back.
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3 mins
Worried your devices will get confiscated at the border? Here’s what you can do
There is growing evidence to suggest that border security agents are taking greater steps to intrude into our daily lives. Just last year, customs...
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2 mins
Profits rise, but Facebook’s poor privacy could still cost Zuckerberg
NOTE: This post was originally published on April 25, 2019 Countless privacy breaches don’t seem to have taken their toll on Mark Zuckerberg’s wallet. Though Facebook...
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2 mins
Will ExpressVPN use the WireGuard protocol?
While we have a lot of respect for WireGuard, ExpressVPN has developed its own VPN protocol, Lightway, as a secure and reliable alternative.
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4 mins
10 ways the NSA is spying on you right now
What is the NSA? The spying powers of the NSA have broadened since the Patriot Act. Here’s how the NSA could be spying on you right now.
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2 mins
A controversial NSA phone records program might be shutting down
The National Security Agency (NSA) may be ending a program that analyzes the records of hundreds of millions of domestic calls and messages in...

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