HMA was recently singled out for using the username ESnowden in an advertisement for their app. Of course, that name references Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who is now in exile in Russia after having leaked essentially everything about the NSA’s illegal spying activities. The article pointed out that HMA had turned over the […]
What Is a Good Privacy Policy
When assessing VPN services, one of the most important things to take a look at is their logging policy. The best policy in this regard is no logging at all, but this isn’t an option for all providers. In some nations, the providers are required to keep logs of user activity and to hand over […]
What Is a Warrant Canary?
The US Government and foreign governments have served secret warrants that allow them to monitor and obtain records of Internet traffic from ISPs and other services. This can apply to VPN services and, because of the way that gag orders are being used, the provider would not be able to tell their subscribers that they […]
You Can Build Your Own VPN
It is possible to build your own VPN, but it’s not exactly free. To do it, you’ll need to get a VPS, which will cost you money. If you want to put together your own VPN, however, you’ll need to do it using Linux, as that will give you access to the OpenVPN software you’ll […]
Has the NSA Cracked VPN?
According to The Guardian, The New York Times and ProPublica, the campaign by the NSA to crack Internet security has gotten so advanced that they may have cracked encryption. Of course, given that just about everything that has come out in the media about the NSA – aside from the documents that the NSA never […]
Can XKeyscore Crack Your VPN?
According to information published in Tech Week Europe, XKeyscore, one of the tools used by the NSA to spy on Internet traffic, might be able to get through VPN services and allow the NSA to access traffic information. The XKeyscore tool has been at the heart of much of the controversy surrounding the NSA spying […]
Announcement: VPN Jurisdiction Report & Table Coming Soon
Since the Guardian and New York Times published their stories about the NSA trying to break into encryption methods like SSL, HTTPS, and some VPN protocols, we have received an onslaught of questions from our readers asking us if their VPN may be one of the companies that have co-operated with the NSA by handing […]
Using Bittorrent on Campus? You Need VPN
If you’re using bittorrent on a campus Internet connection, you’ll want to get a VPN service. There are several reasons why this is the case and starting with the most obvious it’s easy to see why. Traffic Monitoring Many campuses monitor their Internet traffic for P2P downloading. This could at best mean that you cannot […]
Iceland May Be the Best VPN Endpoint
If you’re truly worried about your online privacy, Iceland may be the best endpoint for your conection. Kim Dotcom, who is in the process of launching an encrypted email service and an encrypted messaging application. These offerings were already in development before whistleblower Edward Snowden released information bout the NSA spying programs that rocked the […]
NSA Monitoring Can Track VPNs and Documents
An article in Ars Technica reveals that the NSA can do a lot more than just store people’s metadata for a while. The NSA actually has the capability to passively scan the Internet for computers with vulnerabilities that it knows how to exploit. It can also look for computers that may have already been in […]
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