If there has ever been a year that demonstrates how central the internet is to
society, it is 2020. We have relied on the internet this year for work,
entertainment, and to keep us close to family. But the freedom and privacy of
the internet are unde
On May 14, the Senate reauthorized the USA Freedom Act, which extends the
expansive domestic surveillance powers contained in the Patriot Act.
The original Freedom Act had expired in March. Now that it has been
reauthorized, it grants the FBI (and
> UPDATE August 2023: Additional vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apple’s
> VPN framework.
>
> UPDATE Oct. 13, 2022: Reports indicate that Apple has not fixed the problem in
> iOS 16.
UPDATE Aug. 18, 2022: Recent testing has shown that while
Internet companies already follow your every move online: Now they are
partnering with law enforcement to bring that same level of surveillance to the
physical world. Amazon Ring, the creator of a popular camera-equipped doorbell,
has entered into se
This post was updated on November 1, 2019.
Fitness and health apps are designed to help you record and quantify how much
you exercise, what prescription drugs you take, even what birth control methods
you use. While these apps can help improve your
Switzerland has taken a liberal approach to copyright law, generally allowing
citizens to use copyrighted material for personal use (some exceptions may
apply).
This has made peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing sites popular in Switzerland. It
has also
This article has been updated to include the WireGuard and Stealth VPN
protocols.
WE EXPLAIN WHAT A VPN PROTOCOL IS AND WHAT IT DOES. WE ALSO COMPARE THE
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE MOST COMMON PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING OPENVPN,
WIREGUARD, IKEV2, PP
We explain what “HMAC SHA-384” means and how it contributes to a safe VPN.
Unless users understand what these technical terms mean, they cannot make an
informed decision.
Edit: this article was updated to more accurately reflect the security SHA-384
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PASSED A NEW COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE CONTAINING THE
CONTROVERSIAL ARTICLE 13, THE SO-CALLED “MEME BAN.” PROTON VPN IS COMMITTED TO
HELPING MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THIS LAW ON INTERNET FREEDOM.
On Tuesday, the Directive o
TOR IS A FREE, GLOBAL NETWORK THAT LETS YOU BROWSE THE INTERNET AND THE DARK WEB
ANONYMOUSLY. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, A FEW THINGS YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND TO USE
TOR SECURELY.
As online surveillance becomes more and more prevalent, tools that can help
SCIENCE FICTION HAS OFFICIALLY ARRIVED. SMART SPEAKERS AND THEIR DIGITAL
ASSISTANTS ARE HERE, CONSTANTLY LISTENING TO YOU, WAITING TO RESPOND TO YOUR
REQUESTS. YET THEY ARE LESS LIKE HELPFUL BOTS AND MORE LIKE DILIGENT
STENOGRAPHERS, COMPILING COMPRE
