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Back to the office? 7 tips to protect your privacy at work
Love it or hate it, the WFH life might be coming to an end for many. As countries continue rolling out Covid-19 vaccination programs, we can expect restrictions on movement to ease, with companies exp...
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Facebook wearables are coming. Would you want them?
Facebook made almost 85 billion USD in 2020 selling ads across its platforms, but it appears that the company wants to diversify its revenue streams further. Given that ad sales constitute approximate...
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Big Tech censoring you? Try a distributed social network
In January 2021, Poland proposed a law requiring social-media companies to restore any posts that the platforms had deleted, as long as the posts weren’t unlawful. This came days after several of fo...
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Don't post your vaccine cards on social media
As exciting as it is to share the news that you’ve been vaccinated, try to avoid showing photos of your Covid-19 vaccine cards—given to inoculated people as a record—on social media. The vaccine...
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1 year on: As Covid-19 raged, our privacy slid
It’s hard to overstate just how much the pandemic has shaped the way we lived, worked, studied, and traveled. As we pass the one-year mark since the WHO declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, an...
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Is that a crypto wallet app—or a scam?
You could be cheated out of your cryptocurrency by sending it to an alleged prince in dire need of help. Or you could download a fake crypto app from Apple’s App Store or Google Play that masquerade...
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Got a tip on privacy issues? Let us know anonymously
The ExpressVPN Digital Security Lab aims to empower consumers with useful information about their online privacy, security, and rights. We investigate privacy harms, produce actionable reports about s...
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What is a digital footprint and how can I manage it?
Think no one’s watching you browse the web? Think again. Every click, search, and social media post leaves behind a digital footprint—a trail of data that companies, advertisers, and even cybercri...
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Free and open-source software (FOSS): Pros and cons for security
Free and open-source software (FOSS), as the name suggests, is the crossover between free software and open-source software. While there are similarities between the two, there are some subtle differe...
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What your internet service provider knows from your online traffic
From everything you ask Alexa to your emails and passwords, if you don’t encrypt your traffic, your internet service provider (ISP) can potentially see all of it. Because your ISP handles all your i...
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