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The fight for your face: The battles deciding the fate of facial recognition
This post was originally published on May 29, 2019. Last week, San Francisco became the first city in the U.S. to ban government agencies from using facial recognition technology. With the increasingl...
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Worried your devices will get confiscated at the border? Here’s what you can do
There is growing evidence to suggest that border security agents are taking greater steps to intrude into our daily lives. Just last year, customs agents in the U.S. conducted over 33,000 warrantless ...
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Share files securely and anonymously with OnionShare 2
We’ve been using OnionShare for a while at ExpressVPN and are quite excited to get our hands on the second version of Micah Lee’s convenient privacy tool. Before OnionShare, sending files to a col...
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ExpressVPN survey: Americans doubt they’ll get more power over their data
The vast majority of Americans want more control over who shares their personal data but are not confident that they will get it, a new ExpressVPN survey has found. An overwhelming 89% of Americans su...
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What will happen to internet privacy in the future?
Unfortunately, we have reached a point where the internet doesn’t work correctly unless we sacrifice some of our privacy. Everything from Twitter to cell phones wants access to our personal informat...
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Am I being spied on? Here's how you might be
Are you being spied on online? The short answer is: probably. This post will take a look at the key ways third parties could be snooping on your online activities right now. Government surveillance Yo...
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6 features we actually want on our iPhones
This article was originally published on October 27, 2017. New phones are exciting. They bring new features, make existing features more powerful and get us excited about spending half a month’s wag...
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Is Bitcoin traceable? Privacy risks & how to stay anonymous
Think Bitcoin is untraceable? Think again. Every Bitcoin transaction leaves a digital footprint. Investigators, hackers, and even governments can track your Bitcoin transaction history—sometimes all...
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The evolution of encryption and why governments hate it
Long before governments started fighting to outlaw encryption, politicians from around the world were turning to secret codes to communicate with one another. From Julius Caesar’s cipher to Thomas J...
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That’s so blasé: A quick guide on how NOT to expose other people’s privacy online
Whether it’s your old high school friend sharing your Facebook details to level up on Candy Crush or someone willingly forking over their email contacts so they can get a free month of Tidal, there�...
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