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Infographic: 6 tips to safer social media use
Using social media does mean giving up our personal information, whether it's to our followers or the tech companies who run social platforms. This is an issue, especially considering the amount of ti...
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Is Facebook listening to you?
Ever had a conversation with someone recommending a new , only to see it advertised to you on Facebook or Instagram literally the same day? It’s the sort of coincidence that feels too spooky to be j...
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Infographic: 12 tips to level up your cybersecurity
Don't have a VPN yet? It's the easiest way to improve your online security. For even more tips, check out our top internet tips to improve your privacy and security.
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Announcing ExpressVPN’s 2021 scholarship winner
We are excited to announce the winner of the ExpressVPN Future of Privacy Scholarship 2021: Ishmael Liwanda, a law student at the University of Bristol, UK. Congratulations! This year, our essay promp...
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7 breaches, hacks, and leaks you might have missed this year
Cybersecurity Awareness Month couldn't have kicked off in more dramatic fashion: Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram went offline, the entirety of Twitch was leaked, CoinBase got hacked, and the company...
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4 common VPN questions—answered in emojis
Every year, over 900 million emojis are sent every day without text on Facebook Messenger, and since 2015, half of all comments on Instagram have included an emoji. Judging from these stats, it’s sa...
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This symbol could break your phone’s Wi-Fi
The humble percentage symbol (%) in a network name can permanently break an iPhone’s Wi-Fi functionality. Not even resetting network settings guarantees a fix. A few weeks ago, security researcher C...
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3 browsers that block third-party cookies by default
With the sheer amount of information that can be extracted from your internet use, having a privacy-oriented browser has become essential to protecting your internet activity—and bigger browsers are...
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Top cloud services to store photos online (free and paid)
Google Photos became hugely popular when it announced free, unlimited photo uploads three years ago. As of June 1, 2021, however, that deal no longer exists. What is Google Photos’ new storage polic...
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5 times military secrets were exposed in apps
Not even the military is immune to data leaks and privacy mix-ups. Sometimes it’s a leak from a third-party app, and sometimes they really should’ve just checked the privacy settings. From nuclear...
