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Surveillance capitalism: How every ‘like’ adds to your data for sale
Search for something innocuous like a pair of shoes, protein powder, or vacation ideas, and you know what happens next: Ads about similar products or services follow us around as we navigate the web. ...
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New semester, new surveillance: How schools plan to monitor students
This post was originally published on July 28, 2020. It is somehow almost September, which normally signals the start of another school year for many children and university students. While Covid-19 h...
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Here's how bug bounties improve security
Software could be the most complex tool created by humans. While it might still be possible for a single individual to understand all the functioning parts of a car or telephone, it’s unlikely any o...
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Survey: Americans distrust contact-tracing apps but are willing to use them for the greater good
This post was originally published on May 21, 2020. Big tech got a thumbs down in ExpressVPN’s last survey about American attitudes towards privacy, and while things have changed slightly since the ...
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Introducing Lightway, ExpressVPN’s new protocol for a superior VPN experience
https://www.youtube.com/embed/TYSmykI48gw We’ve upgraded your ExpressVPN experience with Lightway, a brand new, next-generation VPN protocol that will make your connection faster, more reliable, and...
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ExpressVPN adds help guides to its iOS and Android apps
At ExpressVPN, we take pride in our customer support, offered by real people working around the clock. Recently, we’ve made it even easier for customers to find answers to common questions about usi...
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8 anti-spam techniques your email uses to prevent spam
It’s difficult to define exactly what constitutes email spam. What might be a useful newsletter to one person could be unwanted advertising to another, and a welcome business opportunity will be ill...
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Students and activists in the U.S. lead the fight against facial recognition
This post was originally published March 12, 2020. Advancements in facial recognition tech have made it possible to identify us even when we’re covering our face, but a new wave of privacy advocates...
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A new survey shows Americans increasingly care about privacy
Given how many privacy breaches hit the news, it’s of little surprise that 96% of Americans recently surveyed by ExpressVPN said that online data privacy was important to them. What’s more, many w...
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The uncrackable Android trojan: What is xHelper?
We’ve advised our readers to stay safe from malware and trojans by keeping their devices updated at all times, but a new strain caught in the wild is seemingly impenetrable to every cybersecurity be...
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