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search engines invading your privacy
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6 search engines that abuse your privacy (and 3 that actually preserve it)

To make things easier for everyone, ExpressVPN has evaluated nine major search engines based on how invasive they are to your privacy. Six stood...
2016 top privacy movies
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Edward Snowden, Captain America, and privacy in the reel world

What do a former U.S. government contractor, an amnesiac spy, a super soldier with a large “A” on his forehead, and two ordinary teenagers...
Tor Vs VPN: What to use?
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What’s best for internet privacy: Tor then VPN, or VPN then Tor?

There's ongoing confusion about how VPNs and Tor compare in regards to privacy and anonymity and competing opinions on how and when it makes...
ExpressVPN Scholarship winners!
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ExpressVPN proudly announces the winners of the first annual Future of Privacy Scholarship!

Despite 2016 being the first year ExpressVPN offered its Future of Privacy Scholarship, the competition was intense. There were more than 700 entries, and...
A VPN will make your internet better for cats
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5 ways a VPN will make your internet better (with added kitten pics)

There are two indisputable truths about the internet; cats own it, and a VPN will improve it. With that in mind, here are 5 ways...
Best security apps for iOS
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The 4 best apps to properly secure your iPhone in 2018

The March 2016 court case of Apple vs. the FBI made it clear that it’s not easy to break into an iPhone. Alongside Apple’s corporate...
Which countries have the best internet privacy laws?
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The online land of the free definitely isn’t America. So who is it?

America and Britain like to position themselves as the global arbiters of freedom, democracy, and civil rights. But when it comes to internet privacy, and...
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Why websites should sprinkle salt on their hashes to protect your passwords

Despite their shortcomings, passwords are still the de facto standard for authentication on the web. ExpressVPN has already written about the benefits of creating secure...
Facebook quizzes invade your privacy
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Can Facebook quizzes really tell you the name of your future spouse?

Of course they can't, that’s absurd. But preposterous quiz titles such as these litter our Facebook walls, almost constantly. Respite is usually only in the...
What is privacy engineering?
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Built to last: The new discipline of privacy engineering

Software has come a long way since the dawn of the Computer Age, but software design is still the same animal. Engineers write code to...
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