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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 was largely expected to annou...
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Privacy Q&A: EFF wants 9 tech giants to #FixItAlready
This article was originally published on March 22, 2019. Perhaps the worst aspect of the privacy and security issues plaguing the tech we use every day is that they seem completely preventable. Why h...
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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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10 ways the NSA is spying on you right now
In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed the NSA collects personal data on every American, as well as many more people worldwide. The shockwave of the revelations still ripples today. What is the NSA? The NSA...
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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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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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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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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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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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FaceTime flaw lets people hear you, before you even answer
Think twice before cursing that ex who won’t stop calling: A newly found bug in Apple’s FaceTime means someone could dial you and listen to your phone’s microphone—even if you don’t pick up....
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