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Ask Lexie! How to fix a hacked MacBook
Hi, I’m Lexie, and I work for ExpressVPN’s security team. ExpressVPN receives lots of emails and comments from users and readers about our blog posts and guides. Some of these inquiries may be use...
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Do I need antivirus on my computer?
Tl;dr: No, antivirus software no longer reliably protects against malware threats. To understand why, read below about the history of malware, what antivirus software does, and whether you truly need ...
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White House catches up with 21st century tech
Do you have any of the following hardware in your home? A modern desktop phone? Reliable Wi-Fi? A color printer? If you answered “yes” to any of the above, then congratulations: your house is mo...
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5 questions about the new WhatsApp encryption upgrade
As of Monday, April 4, 2016, WhatsApp has become the largest encrypted messaging app in the world, by launching its end-to-end encryption upgrade across all communications platforms. Just when we thou...
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What the Panama Leak means for corruption and privacy
Last Sunday (April 3, 2016) the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) released the Panama Papers to media outlets around the world. The Panama ...
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New York City’s free public Wi-Fi comes at a price
Last month, New York City unveiled a grandiose new plan to replace the city’s old, dilapidated phone booths with sparkling new public Wi-Fi hotspots. These hotspots let people charge their devices, ...
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Internet hacks: Brute-force attacks and how to stop them
A brute-force attack, also called exhaustive key search, is essentially a game of guessing and can be executed against any type of authentication system. Encryption keys are particularly vulnerable to...
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What happens when good Chrome extensions turn bad
In one of the strangest (and funniest) web faux pas of the century, Wired magazine recently published an article accidentally referring to Donald Trump as someone with teeny-tiny hands. How did it hap...
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Incredible! You found all the eggs! - Now closed
**Sorry! This competition is now closed. Subscribe to the ExpressVPN blog to get news of the next awesome competition and enjoy the best privacy content on the Internet.** WINNER! Ben, who stated: Two...
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The court case that will define technology and privacy for decades
On December 2, 2015, the married couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik shot and killed fourteen people at a training event for the Department of Health in San Bernardino, California, where Faro...
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