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• More than 200 Million Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail Passwords Being Sold

• IPVanish Adds a Killswitch

• Do You Leak Information while Torrenting? Find Out Here!

• Great Firewall of China Inventor Had to Use a VPN to Get Around It

• WhatsApp Makes a Smart Move in Adding Encryption

• Checking Out European SERPs with a VPN

• Install HTTPS Everywhere and Protect Your Privacy

• Why Bother with a VPN on a Mobile Device?

• Beware the New Police Threat Assessment Systems

• The Dangers of Fast and Free Public WiFi in NYC

• YouTube Music Arrives, and You Need a VPN

• On UnblockUs? Switch to a Credit Card

• Deadline Passes on EU/US Data Protection Agreement

• Need to Search for Information on Someone? Use a VPN in the USA!

• Netflix March 2016 VPN Crackdown

• Golden Frog to Host SXSW Debate

• Why You Should Always Use Your VPN

• Anonymity: Sweeping Up Your Trail of Breadcrumbs

• New Error Code for Censored Internet Pages

• Juniper Firewall Security Problem Allows VPN Traffic to Be Decrypted

• The Year in Review 2015

• Tor Tightens Up Security on Dark Web Sites

• What Gets the Five Eyes Alliance to Focus on You

• The uncertain future of SmartDNS

• France Will Not Ban Tor or Public Wi-Fi

• Cross-Device Tracker Uses Inaudible Tones

• Pakistan Has a Terrible Cyber-Crime Bill

• VPN Security Flaw Can Expose Your Real IP

• Holiday VPN Specials Are Starting Now!

• IVPN Client v2.4 Out for Windows and OS X

• IVPN Offers Multi-Hop Network v2

• Golden Frog Partners with i2Coalition

• Vpnmon for Linux: Know When You Disconnect

• Best VPNs for Political Activists and Journalists

• Best VPNs for College Students

• Top 6 Black Friday And Cyber Monday Privacy (VPN) Deals

• Best VPN for Public Wi-Fi

• Best VPN for Darknet

• Best VPN for Netflix

• Best VPN for Australia

• Best VPN for Canada

• Best VPN for UK

• Best VPN for China

• Best VPN for USA

• Best VPN for iOS

• Best VPN for Skype

• Best VPN for Linux

• The 5 Best VPNs for Small Business

• Best VPN for BitTorrent

• VPN Service Primer for Australians

• What Do Australian Metadata Laws Mean for You?

• Best VPN for Mac OSx

• Now the IRS Uses Stingrays, Too

• What Is FinFisher?

• BBC Blocks VPN Users

• Silk Road DEA Agent Sentenced

• VPN Usage in Australia on the Rise Again

• CISA Moves Forward, Privacy Moves Backward

• Notorious! RIAA and MPAA Release List of Pirate Sites

• Sign the Petition to Protect Encryption

• InvizBox Kickstarter Launch

• Has the NSA Broken Encryption?

• What Is the Electronic Communications Privacy Act?

• NordVPN Releases Mac App

• RIAA Sues Makers of Aurous, and Fast!

• Australian Piracy Rates Drop

• Secret Service Leak Reveals Selective Policy

• Facebook and the Right to Be Forgotten

• How to Encrypt Your Email

• Facebook, Safe Harbor and Abusing EU Citizen’s Rights

• Obama Administration Still Seeking to Break Encryption

• Edward Snowden Joins Twitter

• Foreign Nations Increasingly Suspicious of US Intelligence, Data Storage

• Golden Frog Partners with Tutanota

• Want to Watch the Rugby World Cup? Get a VPN

• National Cyber Security Awareness Month Is Coming in October

• Fair Use Wins in Trial Against Universal Music Corp

• Lose a Day to Skype? Consider Encrypted Messaging

• Gaming, VPNs and Security

• Ivacy Releases New VPN Client

• Warrants Will Be Required for Stingrays

• Library Shuts Down Tor Relay Due to DHS Pressure

• Released Docs Reveal Phone Company NSA Collaboration No State Secret

• Faked Music Company Warnings Scare Torrent Uploaders

• Netflix Opens in Japan

• Pirate Party Allows You to Run the DNS Blockade

• Smart DNS Proxy Lets You Change Netflix Regions Instantly

• Netflix Dumps Epix Deal, Hulu Picks Up Content

• Your Smartphone Calls Are Not Secure

• Popcorn Time Users Targeted

• PC Privacy Shield Review

• Tracking Cell Phones Violating Rights

• Privacy Badger Extension by EFF

• BBC iPlayer Woes and the Ineffectiveness of Geo-Restrictions

• US Government Wants Social Media Companies to Police for Terrorists

• Privacy, Logging and Your VPN Service

• Save Money on Amazon Using a VPN

• Will Using a VPN Save You Money on Air Fare?

• VyprVPN Now Offering Router App

• Avoid Netflix Cloud Tax with a VPN

• Trusting the Government with the Keys to Encryption

• UN Adds Privacy Rapporteur to HRC

• How to Stop VPN Disconnects

• Pushing the Limits of Privacy with MasterCard’s Selfie App

• VPN Data Leakage: A Serious Issue or Not?

• 7 Things You Should Know About the Darknet

• DMCA Notices- What They Look Like and What They Mean

• Australia to Block Torrent Sites

• How to Fix OpenVPN TAP Driver Problems on Windows 8

• Top Five Common Security Mistakes

• How Your Digital Persona Is Used to Track You, and How to Stop It

• Google Adds a Privacy and Security Dashboard

• Your WHOIS Data Might Be Made Public

• HiddenToolbox Review

• Does the TPP Benefit Drug Companies?

• TPP Oversight Issues Rile Australian Politicians

• Secret Service Agent in Silk Road Case Pleads Guilty to Massive Theft

• British Prime Minister Wants to Ban Strong Encryption

• Hola VPN Is Endangering Users

• HideIPVPN Offers Crazy Summer Promo

• OverPlay Offers TurboDNS Upgrade

• VPN Popularity Rising in Australia

• Using Secure Email? You Are a Terrorist

• Encryption Should Be Banned in the UK?

• EFF Releases Android App

• NSA Shows That Skype Is Not as Private as You Think

• Watch The Interview in North Korea with a VPN

• Avoid Gmail Blocks in China with a VPN

• What We Know from the Sony Pictures Hacking

• The Return of SOPA

• Google Keeps Collecting Data and Scaring Privacy Regulators

• VyprVPN Holiday Special

• The EFF Is Taking the Fight to the NSA

• EFF’s Power Up Campaign – It’s Time To Join the EFF

• Microsoft Takes a Stand on User Privacy

• Holiday VPN Offers

• Netflix Slow Lanes and How to Avoid Them

• What Is the USA Freedom Act?

• New Snowden Docs Released

• Brazil Avoiding the NSA

• WhatsApp to Encrypt Android Conversations

• TorGuard Launches DPI Prevention Stealth Protocol

• Free VPN Service for Swedish ISP

• How Operation Onymous Was Made Possible

• Microsoft OneDrive Data Sent to NSA?

• Darknet Websites Shut Down

• Wemagin VPN or Support TOR

• Tribler Uses Onion Network Security for Bittorrent

• DarkNet Leads the Way: Part 2 Facebook on TOR

• The Value of Privacy and How You Can Protect It

• Darknet Leads the Way Part 1: Bit Coin MultiSig

• What the Internet Was Like Before

• Cheaper Airline Fare with VPN and Advance Planning

• IPVanish Offers Cyber Mystery Giveaway

• Four Secure Messaging Apps

• Trade Your Privacy for Convenience with Apple Pay

• What BitLicense Means for Bitcoin

• Adobe Software: Maximum ROI Minimum Privacy

• ComputerCOP: Incompetency, Security Risks and Phony Endorsements

• German Privacy Laws vs. Google

• COWL Could Help Prevent Web Site Based Attacks

• DarkCoin Goes Open Source

• How to Run a Tor Exit Node to Support Privacy Online

• Is it Time to Regulate Cryptography?

• Android vs. iPhone: Which Is Better for Privacy?

• Could Netflix Ban VPN Usage

• Is VyprVPN Controlled by the FBI ?

• Comcast Wants to Monitor You?

• NSA Tries to Nail Yahoo for $250K per Day for Not Playing Along

• Using a VPN? You’re a Pirate, According to the BBC

• IPVanish Will Accept Bitcoin

• Join the Fight for Net Neutrality

• Bitcoin Jesus Comes Through with Money for Silk Road Defense

• Blackphone for Private Phone Calls

• Why you May Need a VPN if You Live in Brazil

• OverPlay’s Back to School Special

• HMA Releases Android App and Adds Nations to VPN Network

• Golden Frog Releases Cyphr

• OverPlay Promo: Get Your Game On

• Free VPN with USENET Account from Eweka

• Free Wi-Fi Travel Tips

• Dedicated VPN Router for the Best Bittorrent Security

• Limits to Anonymity on the Internet

• New Payment Method: Dogecoin

• Best VPN for the World Cup

• HMA Upgrades Networks

• SlickVPN Client Update

• IPVanish Updates Android App, OSX App and Expands Servers in Asia

• VyprDNS Released for VyprVPN

• Best VPNs for Torrents and P2P File Sharing

• Netflix and Comcast Peering Problems: Can a VPN Help?

• What Is SoftEtherVPN vs OpenVPN

• How to Steal a Private Crypto Key Using Heartbleed

• Hulu Begins Blocking VPN Users

• Are Golden Frog Services Affected by the Heartbleed Bug?

• Roll Your Own VPN with Raspberry Pi

• VPN Users Still Vulnerable to Heartbleed Attack

• HMA Adds New Servers and IP Addresses, New Nations

• IPVanish’s No Logging Policy Gets Even Better

• Heartbleed Bug and VPN Providers

• Surrender of the Naming System

• Internet Users Taking Measures to Increase Privacy in Huge Numbers

• VyprVPN Offers New Auto Connect Feature

• Edward Snowden and Golden Frog Present at SXSW

• Ethics and Transparency in the VPN Industry

• Web Freedom on the 25th Anniversary of the Internet

• How to Unblock Twitter

• Krebs on Cybersecurity

• 14-Year-Old Students: The New NSA Enemy

• IPVanish Doubles Anonymous IP Addresses

• PureVPN Now Offers NAT Firewall and Internet Kill Switch

• Use TOR with a VPN for Additional Privacy

• LiquidVPN Under Pressure to Log with US Providers

• The Day We Fight Back

• Android KitKat Has a VPN Vulnerability

• Lower Airline Prices with a VPN

• Watch The Sochi Olympics In Real Time From Anywhere

• New VPN Protocol: Chameleon

• IPVanish Sochi Winter Olympics VPN Promotion and Coupon

• Obama Will Rein in the NSA ?

• Test Your VPN for DNS Leaks

• Bad PR for HMA?

• Announcing The First Annual VPNReviewz Provider Awards

• PureVPN Keeps Holiday Offer and Offers a Free App for Android Users

• Your Mobile Device May Be a Tempting Target

• Edward Snowden Gets Support of NY Times and Other Outlets

• VyprVPN Offering 3-Day Trial During Holiday Season

• HMA Updates Windows Client and Network

• VPN Holiday Sales Recap

• BlackVPN Extends Holiday Discounts Until End of Year

• IPVanish Holiday Sale and Savings Coupon

• HMA Holiday Sale 2013

• IPVanish Releases iPhone Client, Partners with BoxCrypt

• Microsoft to Encrypt Communications

• IPVanish Launches Improvements

• The Many Holiday Season Deals From Our Best VPN Providers

• VyprVPN Releases New App, Celebrates with Giveaway

• What Is a Good Privacy Policy

• TPP Documents Released on WikiLeaks

• Is Google Sincere About Not Helping the NSA?

• Roll Your Own VPN

• Golden Frog Rolls Out Early Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deal on VyprVPN

• What Is a Warrant Canary?

• You Can Build Your Own VPN

• Get Better Gaming Speeds with a Quality VPN service

• Has the NSA Cracked VPN?

• CyberGhost Launches CyberGhost 5

• VyprVPN 2.0 Coming Soon

• CryptoSeal VPN Shuts Down, Doesn’t Want to Risk NSA Demands

• Try Email Made in Germany to Thwart Privacy Intrusions

• PureVPN Gets Hacked

• HMA Announces HMA Pro iOS App

• Silk Road Shut Down Reinforces Security Concerns

• PirateBrowser Sails the Internet without Restrictions

• HMA Adds Servers, Adds Virtual Locations and Updates Software

• Do You Want to Restore Your Online Privacy? Here’s How

• Can XKeyscore Crack Your VPN?

• PrivateVPN Releases Software Upgrade

• Announcement: VPN Jurisdiction Report & Table Coming Soon

• Awareness of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Grows

• SmartyDNS Offers New Promotion

• VPNs Offer Protection, but Cloud Services Present Unique Threats to Privacy

• CactusVPN Now Takes CashU

• NSA Parody Site Actually Explains a Great Deal

• Using Bittorrent on Campus? You Need VPN

• Iceland May Be the Best VPN Endpoint

• VPN4All Android and iOS Apps Released

• PureVPN Release iOSVPN

• NSA Monitoring Can Track VPNs and Documents

• HideIP VPN Launches SmartDNS

• CreepyDOL Is Really, Really Creepy

• VyprVPN for Business Available

• (P)2P or not (P)2P – That Is The Question, Does The Government Monitor Or Censor, Find It Here

• IPVanish Announces Improvements

• SmartyDNS Launches Service

• PureVPN Working with BitCoin

• Foreign VPN Providers May Be Good Options

• Credit Card Providers Deny VPN Services

• CactusVPN Launches SmartDNS and Improves Mac Software

• VyprVPN Adds New Servers for July

• Private Internet Access Updates

• PureVPN Android Beta Out

• CyberGhost VPN Beta 5 Available

• HMA Updates Summer Special

• IPVanish Expands Their VPN Network Again

• What’s In Store for Edward Snowden?

• VPN4All Releases TurboStream

• ECPA Upcoming Bill Will Limit Internet Privacy

• IPVanish Updates Mac OSX Client

• Campaign to End Surveillance Gains Momentum

• VPN4All Updates

• Turkish VPN Usage on the Rise

• IPVanish Releases Android Client

• PRISM and NSA Revelations, Consider a VPN

• VyprVPN Confirms, We Build Our Own Servers

• Announcing The First Annual VPNReviewz “Allied And Enemies Of The Internet Awards”

• Using Raspberry Pi to Connect to Your VPN Service

• Verizon Giving Away Phone Records to the US Government, What Comes Next?

• What Is the TPP?

• IPVanish Crosses 7,000 IP Addresses

• The Trans-Pacific Partnership – So Many Bad Elements And So Few Good Ones

• Peruvian Digital Rights Under Threat

• Journalists, the US Justice Department and Your Privacy

• Bitcoin Processor Mt Gox Dwolla Account Shutdown

• Will.i.am Throws Support Behind Mega

• VyprVPN Launches Luxembourg Server

• uTorrent Claims BitTorrent and VPN Services Are not Compatible

• Why You Should Not Use McAfee

• VyprVPN Opens Server in Luxembourg

• Policy Cycling and International Copyright Issues

• VyprVPN Adds Server in Russia

• HMA Adds More Servers, More IP Addresses

• Golden Frog Wants Your Ideas for VyprVPN

• VyprVPN Adds Server Cluster in Sweden

• IPVanish Soon to Cross 100 Server Threshold

• VyprVPN Adds New Servers in Denmark and Sweden

• IPVanish Windows Client Updated

• Which VPN Can Still Get Through The Great Firewall Of China? The Answer May Surprise You

• Protect Your Privacy When You’re Using Social Media

• Is Skype Leaking Your IP Address?

• VPN Access to Gmail and Yahoo Mail Blocked in Iran

• Iranian Authorities Arrest VPN Seller

• Free VPN for the Masses, in Japan

• IPVanish Client for Windows Updated

• CactusVPN Adds New VPN Server

• Who Is Keeping Tabs on Your VPN Usage?

• VyprVPN Rolls Out Version 1.1 for Mac

• Online Poker in Nevada Could Increase VPN Usage

• Currency Controls Today – Next Stop Total Information Control

• Big Brother Starts Monitoring in the USA

• IPVanish Releases Mac OS Client Upgrade

• Is Online Anonymity Doomed?

• IbVPN News

• VPN in 2012

• IPVanish Adds New Servers

• PayPal Becoming Increasingly Difficult to Use for Cloud Service Payments

• IbVPN Launches ibDNS Beta

• IPVanish Offers New Servers in Argentina, Hungary, Panama and Iceland

• Have a Mac? Try out VyprVPN

• VyprVPN Releases New Mac Version and New Server

• Torguard Kicks off the New Year with New Discounts and Servers

• Hide My Ass in 2012

• VyprVPN Has a Great 2012

• IPVanish in 2012

• BuzzVPN Review

• IPVanish Expands Again

• International Telecommunications Conference Hacked

• IPVanish Releases New Windows Client

• China Working Hard to Block VPN Access

• VPN Goes Mobile with Giganews and VyprVPN

• Sabai Technology Review

• IPVanish Ends 2012 with Even More Servers

• VyprVPN Offering 5GB of Free DumpTruck Storage

• VPNtunnel.se Launches VPNtunnel.com

• VyprVPN Releases Mobile Apps

• TorGuard Wants Android Beta Testers

• IPVanish Updates Clients for Mac and Windows

• Wickr Offers iPhone Privacy

• HideMyAss Holiday Discounts Available

• Online Sex Scandals and Your Freedom

• ITU Meeting Could Restrict Internet Freedom

• HideMyAss Holiday Discount 2013

• Russia Launches Internet Censorship Law

• IPVanish Expands into Germany

• VyprVPN Heads to Version 1.4

• SOPA-Sponsoring Congress Members Kicked to the Curb

• IPVanish Has a CyberMonday Deal

• Privacy Meeting Comes to Uruguay

• IPVanish Launches Mac Client

• IBVPN Launches Mac Client

• Is Your ISP Snooping On You?

• IPVanish Offers More Servers

• VPN Popularity Increases Among College Students

• VPN Connections: Are Applications Safe?

• BolehVPN Now Compliant with Mac

• TorGuard Mobile Now Available

• Counterterrorism, Privacy and Fusion Centers

• The Top VPN Providers with Canadian Addresses

• Philippines Users May Want to Get a VPN

• ibVPN Offers Routers

• Iranian Internet Access Restricted

• Crack Your VPN Password for $20

• Should YouTube Act as a Censor

• Amazon Launches Private Cloud Service

• CactusVPN Adds SSTP, New Server

• PureVPN Offers Great Selection Tool

• Hide My Ass Offers New Servers

• Apple Pulls Torrent Apps

• Ukraine Shuts Down Demonoid

• AntiSec Claims to Hack Apple Device Info Off of FBI Laptop

• ReadyRouters Review

• The Pirate Bay Did Not Launch a Free VPN Service

• IPVanish Adds More Servers and Improves Pricing Plans

• Astrill’s Winning Results on Lifehacker Likely the Result of Tampering: Lifehacker

• What Is a Man-in-the-Middle Attack and Why Should You Be Concerned?

• IPVanish Keeps On Expanding

• Airport Wi-Fi: Avoiding Citadel and Other Viruses

• PayPal Nixes TorGuard

• IPVanish Now in Shanghai

• HMA Keeps Adding Servers

• PureVPN Releases Two New Tools

• Mac Users Divested of Security Illusions

• Google Nailed for Tracking Users

• PPTP Gets Cracked

• NBC Loses in Olympic Competition

• IPVanish Adds New Resources

• Watch the Olympics Live Online with a VPN

• CactusVPN Improves VPN Software

• VyprVPN Update Released

• Pirate Party UK May Get Into VPN Business

• Your Internet Browser and Your Privacy

• Sharing Information Online and VPN Protection

• Geo-restrictions and VPN Services

• PureVPN Adds Country of Turkey to VPN Service Locations

• VPNReviews Answers User VPN Privacy and Security Question

• UK Internet Users May Want a VPN Soon

• The FBI Wants to Tap More Sites and Services

• Watch The 2012 Olympics By Using VPN Technology

• HideMyAss Expands Talent and Servers

• Private Internet Access Provides Upgrades to Service

• Russian Internet Blacklist Law Passed

• Industry Leaders Likely to Discuss Piracy at Private Gathering

• With CISPA on the Horizon VPN Becomes More Vital

• Efforts to Block Pirate Bay End Up Increasing BitTorrent Traffic

• IPVanish Releases Major Update

• VPN Watching Software to Secure Your Connection

• VPN Technology Being Adopted by Everyday Users

• FeatVPN: OpenVPN for Android Without rooting

• Wireless Is Going to Be Everywhere

• TorGuard Runs into PayPal Trouble

• Do Not Track Back in Front of Senate

• VPN Offers Social Media in Restricted Nations

• US Law Firms Twisting Arms Over the Phone

• ibVPN Offers SSTP VPN

• UK Spares no Money for Monitoring Internet Communications

• Data Encryption Recommended by ISO Standard 27001

• Accessing Geo-Restricted Content Likely Not an Issue

• Skype IPs May Be Vulnerable

• GoTrusted VPN Service Releases MacOSX Update

• Public WiFi Popular but Very Risky

• EFF Rates Companies for User Privacy Protection

• Finding the Best VPN for China

• Best Static IP VPN Services – Why and Whom to Choose

• Securing Your VPN Connection

• Breakwall Updates VPN Client

• CISPA Is Surveillance Bill, Says EFF

• Purchase VPN Anonymously with Bitcoin

• Austin Server Now Available for VyprVPN Users

• India Faces Government Censorship of Web

• IPVanish Offers PayPal Payment Option

• What is CISPA and How Does it Affect You?

• Private Internet Access Improves Servers and Payment Options

• Copyright Reform in South America – Columbia Bill 201

• UK Real Time Monitoring Coming Soon

• HideMyAss Offers New Servers

• NSA May Be Secretly Wiretapping, Warrant or Not

• VyprVPN App Updated to 1.1

• RIAA Begins Monitoring this Summer

• VPN provider HideMyAss adds new server locations

• How to Stay Safe at Trade Shows

• PureVPN Announces Android Application

• IPVanish Launches VPN Service

• A Mobile User’s Bill of Rights

• Mexico Enacts Online Surveillance Legislation

• Deep Packet Inspection in the Middle East: Is the USA Next?

• Try VPN Service for Less than $1 per Week

• What Is ACTA and How Might it Affect You

• VyprVPN App Now Available for Giganews

• MegaUpload Taken Down – Prison Planet – A Sign of Things to Come

• Iran Blocks Internet Access – How to Access the Internet if Your VPN is blocked

• Plimus Payment Problems and HMA discounts

• ExpressVPN Android Client Updates for February 2012

• New Netherlands Server Added for IbVPN

• Google is Interested in All of Your Data and Online Behavior

• Safer Internet Day – Is Your Internet and Your Data Safe ?

• What Is the Sinde Law and How Will it Affect Spanish Internet Users?

• What OverPlay’s SmartDNS Service Is and Why It’s Cool

• HMA adds new servers in Finland, Indonesia, and Slovakia

• Announcing A New Mac Version Of The PureVPN Client

• SOPA to affect VPN services and Proxies

• HideMyAss Holiday Discount 2012

• Hadopi Report Calls For Monitoring Of Secured Connections

• Hulu Outside Of The U.S. – Here’s How

• Golden Frog Announced A New VPN Server – In Germany

• CyberGhost Announces Their One Millionth User

• SOPA’s Bid To Regulate Security Systems And Restrict Access

• IbVPN Discounted Pricing

More than 200 Million Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail Passwords Being Sold

If you have a Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail account, you need to change your password, now. According to multiple sources, Russian hackers have a database containing in excess of 200 million username/password combinations for the aforementioned service. And it’s for sale. Millions of Victims The Russian hackers behind the login details theft didn’t just take […]

IPVanish Adds a Killswitch

IPVanish always had one of the best clients out there, but they’ve made it even better. The company recently added a killswitch to their client for Windows. The killswitch will take down your Internet connection if your VPN connection is lost. This is a great security enhancement if you’re working on secure material, are using […]

Do You Leak Information while Torrenting? Find Out Here!

VPNs can go a long way toward protecting your privacy, but configuring them, even with a client, can be complex. Do it wrong and you might end up leaking your IP address when you’re torrenting. Depending upon what you’re torrenting, that could be a bad thing. Because of this, we figured it’d be worth our […]

Great Firewall of China Inventor Had to Use a VPN to Get Around It

Mary Shelly would be proud. Fan Binxing is responsible for the affront to freedom that is the Great Firewall of China. The Great Firewall of China allows the repressive Chinese government to restrict the Internet access of Chinese citizens to content that the government approves of. Unfortunately for Binxing, the monstrosity he created blew up […]

WhatsApp Makes a Smart Move in Adding Encryption

If you’re among the more than one billion people who use WhatsApp, April was a very good month. WhatsApp debuted end-to-end encryption for any and all communications made over the app. WhatsApp is owned by Facebook, a company that is usually anathema to anyone worried about privacy. While Apple was battling it out with the […]

Checking Out European SERPs with a VPN

Whether you agree with the spirit of it or not, the EU now has a policy that requires search engines to remove certain types of information at the request of users. This is part of their Right to Be Forgotten law and, if you live in the EU, it’s unavoidable. Google is considered to be […]

Install HTTPS Everywhere and Protect Your Privacy

While we obviously like VPNs around here, there are other ways to protect your privacy. One of the most popular right now is HTTPS, which more and more sites have been implementing as a way to protect their visitors. HTTPS encrypts data.  That used to make it too demanding for most sites to implement. Today’s […]

Why Bother with a VPN on a Mobile Device?

We have a whole section on VPNs for mobile devices, but why would you need one? After all, if you’re on your 4G connection, it’s already secure, so isn’t a VPN just adding an unnecessary complication, not to mention the extra money a VPN will cost you? Using a VPN on your mobile device, it […]

Beware the New Police Threat Assessment Systems

Police officers all too frequently have to go into potentially dangerous situations with very little information. A new system that aims to change that has civil libertarians concerned. Combining Information Media outlets started reporting on the new threat assessment systems being employed by law enforcement last year. Fresno’s Real Time Crime Center was profiled by […]

The Dangers of Fast and Free Public WiFi in NYC

If you live in New York City, you’ll soon have a very easy time accessing free Wi-Fi. The city has been replacing its old phone booths with Wi-Fi hotspots, and that means better access for everyone. Unfortunately, that also means that it’ll be easier for cybercriminals to target new victims, and that surveilling your movements […]