EU to regulate big tech
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20 tech giants could face stricter rules in the EU. Will this hurt innovation?

The regulations aim to level the playing field and foster competition by forcing Google, Facebook, and others to share data with rivals.
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Announcing the winner of the 2020 Future of Privacy Scholarship

The 2020 ExpressVPN essay competition has a winner. Read the top entry and our interview with the scholarship recipient.
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Limiting the president’s power to shut down the internet

Right now, it’s alarmingly easy for the U.S. president to make the internet go dark. A new bill aims to change that.
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3 mins

Introducing ExpressVPN’s Digital Security Lab

It will conduct original research in the areas of digital privacy, cybersecurity, access to knowledge, and information flows.
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3 mins

Will your vote count? 4 cyber threats on Election Day

Several methods of cyberattack could be used for election hacking in the U.S.—or at least causing chaos amid polling and vote counting across the country.
biometric payment risks
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Risk of biometric payments: You can’t reset your fingerprint

As we move towards biometric identification for payments and banking, it’s worth examining what might happen if our fingerprints get exposed.
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What is a content delivery network? Find out the benefits and risks of CDNs

If you want to improve your website’s performance, using a CDN is an obvious choice. Here’s why.
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4 mins

How to turn off browsing history

Your browsing history is a record of all the sites you have visited. This history can also include which email addresses you’ve used to...
mental health app privacy issues
5 mins

What your mental health app reveals to big tech

Apps to help with stress, anxiety, and substance abuse are exploding in popularity. But are they giving away your privacy?
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What is metadata and what does it mean?

Although metadata is everywhere, it’s easy to ignore. But anyone who cares about their privacy should pay attention to the many ways metadata can be used to mine personal information.

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