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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 functioning parts of a car or telephone, it’s unlikely any o...
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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 Signal have all been beneficiaries of the OTF. In To...
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Staying private and anonymous online is in your best financial interests
We know advertisers love to track us online through avenues such as browser fingerprinting, tracking cookies, Bluetooth beacons, IP addresses, and other methods of de-anonymization. And that, in turn,...
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In a possible first, facial recognition has led to a wrongful arrest
This post was originally published on July 7, 2020. Facial recognition tech has been banned in U.S. cities like San Francisco and, most recently, Boston, on top of a concerted campaign to outlaw it on...
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How ExpressVPN ensures no one can slip malware into your apps
https://www.youtube.com/embed/RdKXE_x9Wjk It takes many people, working across many systems, to produce and maintain an ExpressVPN app. To do it safely, we have to make sure everyone involved is prope...
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What is malware? How viruses, trojans, and ransomware work
Malware, or "malicious software," is a term for a variety of viruses, spyware, or ransomware (cryptolockers) that cause harm to a user, their data, or devices. The term malware implies malicious inten...
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Not so (artificially) intelligent: 8 times machine learning got it wrong
Billions of dollars have been poured into artificial intelligence (AI) research, with proponents of the technology arguing that computers can help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems in...
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