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What's best for internet privacy: Tor then VPN, or VPN then Tor?
There's ongoing confusion about how VPNs and Tor compare in regards to privacy and anonymity and competing opinions on how and when it makes sense to combine them. Do they work together, is there ever...
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5 ways a VPN will make your internet better (with added kitten pics)
There are two indisputable truths about the internet; cats own it, and a VPN will improve it. With that in mind, here are 5 ways a VPN can help you (and some pictures of cats). 1. A VPN can save you m...
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The 4 best apps to properly secure your iPhone in 2018
The March 2016 court case of Apple vs. the FBI made it clear that it’s not easy to break into an iPhone. Alongside Apple’s corporate stance on privacy, the device itself has a number of protective...
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The online land of the free definitely isn't America. So who is it?
America and Britain like to position themselves as the global arbiters of freedom, democracy, and civil rights. But when it comes to internet privacy, and a civilian's online rights, America and Brita...
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Silver Surfer security tips: Stay safe online through your golden years
This post was originally published on September 28, 2016. The internet is a relatively young tool, and popular perception is that most of its users are similarly youthful. After all, social media is d...
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Salts and hashes: How apps and websites protect your passwords
Password protection methods like Diceware, password managers, and two-factor authentication are just one side of the story. What are apps and websites doing on their end to protect your passwords? Her...
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Can Facebook quizzes really tell you the name of your future spouse?
Of course they can't, that’s absurd. But preposterous quiz titles such as these litter our Facebook walls, almost constantly. Respite is usually only in the form of another doting parent posting the...
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Why the world must demand a decentralized internet
Development of various packet switching networks like ARPANET laid the foundations of the modern internet, for example by adopting the Internet Protocol Suite, which we know today as TCP/IP. The inter...
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What is an .onion address on Tor, and how to get one
On the internet, as most people use it, a domain name (e.g., expressvpn.com) is registered through a registrar. You usually pay a fee for this. The part after the dot on the right of the domain, like ...
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5 years later: How Edward Snowden changed the world
There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who think Edward Snowden is a champion of privacy and a true hero for exposing the NSA's tyrannical regime of surveillance. And those who are wrong. B...
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