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USA Freedom Act: One step forward, one step... sideways?
The USA Freedom Act has finally cleared both United States House and Senate. Some laud it as a massive victory for privacy rights and spy agency crackdowns, while others worry it's nothing more than p...
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How Target steals the secrets of pregnant teenagers - #WTFWednesday
ExpressVPN’s #WTFWednesday brings you weird, shocking, and creepy stories about data privacy—pulled straight from the news. Think your privacy is yours? Think again. You will feel uncomfortable. Y...
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Introducing ExpressVPN 4.0 for Windows!
Click here for the latest ExpressVPN software for Windows Windows users, your wait is over! We're pleased to announce the release of ExpressVPN 4.0.2 for Windows. (Psst, Apple users, we released Expre...
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Are the US and EU pulling in different directions over privacy?
Whatever your opinion of ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden, there is no doubt that he opened a can of worms when he first began leaking documents detailing the surveillance efforts of the US. Since the...
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Google in talks with privacy regulators over ‘right to be forgotten’
One year after the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruled that individuals have the right to ask search engines to remove certain search results about them, Google has published some stati...
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Internet.org: Too good to be true?
Mark Zuckerberg never sleeps. With Facebook now topping 1.44 billion active users worldwide, the founder of the social network could rest on his laurels. Instead, he and other Facebook executives hav...
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Great white north goes pro-spy with Bill C-51
Canadians aren't regarded as masters of intrigue and secrecy. While the country's intelligence service, CSIS, is decently funded and provides a measure of protection to citizens, it's got nothing on t...
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German prosecutors launch investigation of spying charges, reduce co-operation with the NSA
Surveillance is once again top of the agenda in Germany following a weekend article by Der Spiegel magazine which claimed that the nation’s electronic surveillance agency, Bundesnachrichtendienst (B...
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Security spend: Is the NSA out for Bitcoin?
Crypto-currency Bitcoin doesn't have it easy. While in theory the virtual money system should be secure, efficient, and offer a way to revolutionize the financial industry, things haven't always gone ...
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Protecting your digital rights: Who is Access?
Digital freedoms are under attack worldwide. In countries like France and Turkey, governments are pushing for greater access to citizens' data without their consent, ostensibly to improve “securityâ...
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