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Could Facebook’s messenger merger signal dark days for WhatsApp users?
NOTE: This post was originally published on January 31, 2019 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently announced plans to merge his three dominant messaging services: Instagram, Facebook Messenger, an...
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What are botnets, and how do you protect against them?
Botnets are large networks of hijacked devices (robots) that can be remotely controlled by their creator. Mainly run for profit by criminal organizations, botnets can, for example, be used to mine cry...
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How to survive an internet shutdown
Internet freedoms have been declining for a decade now, according to reports by Freedom House. Internet shutdowns in particular have been one strategy that we’ve seen frequently in recent years. Wi...
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Laws that threaten internet freedom around the world
We recently explained why Australia’s new cybersecurity bill is a bad idea. It gives law enforcement the ability to coerce anybody into using compromising apps, handing over passwords, or snitching ...
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Delete these now: The worst apps for privacy in 2019
This article was originally written on February 19, 2019. It’s about the time of year when well-intended resolutions fall by the wayside. Don’t beat yourself up, though. You might feel like a big ...
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Share files securely and anonymously with OnionShare 2
We’ve been using OnionShare for a while at ExpressVPN and are quite excited to get our hands on the second version of Micah Lee’s convenient privacy tool. Before OnionShare, sending files to a col...
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An unprotected server leaked 24 million sensitive housing documents not once but twice
This post was originally published on February 28, 2019. If you live in the U.S. and bought a house sometime over the last decade, your information may be at risk. According to TechCrunch, more than 2...
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India proposes mass surveillance measures in new IT bill
Update on June 2, 2022: In light of data retention regulations, ExpressVPN no longer has physical servers in India. Find out more. India’s government is taking drastic steps to surveil and censor ...
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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 the U.S. A senior Republican congressional aide, Luke Mur...
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Will ExpressVPN use the WireGuard protocol?
Editor's note: This article was originally published in March 2019. ExpressVPN has since developed Lightway, a VPN protocol that we built from the ground up to meet the privacy, security, and performa...
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