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Announcing ExpressVPN’s 2021 scholarship winner
We are excited to announce the winner of the ExpressVPN Future of Privacy Scholarship 2021: Ishmael Liwanda, a law student at the University of Bristol, UK. Congratulations! This year, our essay promp...
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It’s shockingly easy for someone to get your Instagram account banned
Influencers on Instagram who use the platform to earn a living often treat their postings like a full-time job. It takes time and effort to build a large following, which is valuable when it comes to ...
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Internet surveillance in 5, 9, and 14 eyes countries
The Five Eyes (also known as 5 Eyes or FVEY) alliance can be traced to informal discussions between the U.S. and the UK during World War II, in which the countries agreed to share intelligence about i...
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Are we running out of IP addresses? 5 facts to know
Every device needs an IP address to communicate with others on the internet. There are 4.3 billion possible IP addresses in the IPv4 standard we use today. But with 4.66 billion active users on the in...
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Interactive movies let you decide the plot—and they’re going mainstream
Here’s a scary-movie trope: The protagonist hears a strange noise in their house and decides to investigate, instead of doing the smart thing and avoiding potential danger. And you’re shouting at ...
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7 breaches, hacks, and leaks you might have missed this year
Cybersecurity Awareness Month couldn't have kicked off in more dramatic fashion: Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram went offline, the entirety of Twitch was leaked, CoinBase got hacked, and the company...
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The internet is safer now—but a VPN is still essential protection
The internet is a much more encrypted place than it was 10 years ago—that means much improved privacy and security for all. HTTPS, once a rarity, has become so widespread that the Electronic Frontie...
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Guide: Protect your privacy at the workplace
We wrote about the prospect of getting back to the office back in March—but we spoke too soon. Depending on where you live, a large chunk of office workers who started working from home because of C...
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Eye in the sky: The history of the spy plane
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Yes, it's a spy plane! It was recently revealed that in 2020, an FBI aircraft surveillance program logged over 400 hours in monitoring a man in Florida, who was eventual...
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Best sites to get free games online
Who doesn’t like free games? Nobody, that’s who! We’ve scoured the web and compiled a list of pages where you can legally download free games by some of the biggest developers and digital stor...
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