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.
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.
Introducing ExpressVPN’s Digital Security Lab
It will conduct original research in the areas of digital privacy, cybersecurity, access to knowledge, and information flows.
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.
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.
What is a CDN? Understanding content delivery networks
Discover what a Content Delivery Network (CDN) is, how it works, and why it improves website speed, security, and SEO.
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...
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?
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.
7 countries are calling for access to your private messages
Citing public safety, governments are pushing for backdoors into apps that have end-to-end encryption.
