7 privacy and security takeaways in Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report
The biggest slide deck about the internet is back! Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report has highlighted important online observations since 1995, and this year’s...
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...
Why do I need a VPN?
A VPN is a clever bit of software that masks the IP address of any device you install it on.
In simple terms: When you...
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...
The fight for your face: The battles deciding the fate of facial recognition
This post was originally published on May 29, 2019.
Last week, San Francisco became the first city in the U.S. to ban government agencies from...
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...
What doesn’t incognito mode protect against?
Among many other techniques, websites can use cookies to track your browsing history, which may also reveal your online habits.
Beyond the use of cookies,...
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...
EFF wants Facebook and 8 other giants to #FixItAlready. We asked what that means.
Perhaps the worst aspect of the privacy and security issues plaguing the tech we use every day is that they seem completely preventable.
Why hasn’t Twitter...
ExpressVPN WireGuard Update
WireGuard® is a free and open-source VPN protocol originally written by Jason A. Donenfeld (you can support WireGuard in its efforts here) and currently...
