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Shamir’s Secret Sharing: A smarter way to protect your private keys
Private keys are like secret digital identity cards that prove who you are online. These complex strings of numbers and letters control access to digital assets like cryptocurrency and other data, and...
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Digital Privacy in 2025: Americans Are Fed Up With Online Censorship, AI Surveillance, and Data Exploitation
A new ExpressVPN survey finds that Americans’ tolerance for digital surveillance, censorship, and algorithmic targeting is reaching a breaking point. Amid mounting concerns over the power of tech co...
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Ingress and egress: Everything you need to know
Ingress and egress are essential for network security and traffic management. These two concepts control how data enters and exits a system, affecting everything from performance to risk exposure. Kno...
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Online safety tips for seniors: Protect yourself and your loved ones
While younger generations have grown up with the likes of smartphones, social media, and online gaming as key parts of their lives, the same cannot be said for those who are older. Because of this, wh...
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What is Usenet and how does it work? A beginner’s guide
Long before TikTok trends, Instagram scrolls, and YouTube rabbit holes, the internet was a much quieter place. Digital conversations didn’t happen in ad-driven apps but in text-based communication s...
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What is a zip bomb, and how can it harm your system?
Zip bombs may look like tiny, harmless files, but they pose a real threat. Imagine receiving a zip file in an email, just a few kilobytes in size, which looks perfectly harmless. Then, when you open i...
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PPTP VPN (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol): What it is and how it works
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is one of the oldest VPN protocols still in use today. However, compared to more modern alternatives, like OpenVPN, WireGuard, and ExpressVPN’s proprietary L...
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Types of internet connections explained
Some people think “Wi-Fi” is the internet, but that’s a common mix-up. Wi-Fi is just the way your devices connect to a local network, like the one you have at home. The actual internet connectio...
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SSL VPN: What it is and why it matters
SSL VPN (Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Network) is a tool many organizations rely on to secure remote work sessions and manage access to resources. But what exactly is an SSL VPN, and how does ...
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What is my DNS? How to check and find your DNS server
When you want to access a website or online platform, you type the address into your internet browser, like “www.example.com.” But have you ever wondered how your computer is able to access that s...
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