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Why HTTPS vs. VPN makes no sense
HTTPS vs. VPN is a battle that makes very little sense. Both are important means of internet protection, and there is absolutely no conflict...
ExpressVPN launches Tor onion service: Expressobutiolem.onion
ExpressVPN is proud to announce added security and privacy with the launch of a hidden service in the Tor network.
Hosting an onion service in...
8 ways the NSA is spying on you right now
Five years on from the revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) collects personal data on every American—and many more people worldwide—the storm...
Facebook finally stands up for privacy as the U.S. government demands to hack Messenger
The U.S. Department of Justice wants Facebook to break the end-to-end encryption of its Messenger chat app so the government can spy on a...
Your school is tracking your online activity—here’s what you can do about it
The start of the new school year is only weeks away, which for most students means spending lots of time online, either for work...
Why HTTPS vs. VPN makes no sense
HTTPS vs. VPN is a battle that makes very little sense. Both are important means of internet protection, and there is absolutely no conflict...
Wi-Fi security: How to stay safe while connected
Wireless security has two components: Authentication and secrecy. And, in theory, responsibility for network security lies with both operators and users.
Operators of Wi-Fi (or...
ExpressVPN fixes “Voracle” compression vulnerability in apps
At a Black Hat Briefing in August 2018, the researcher Ahamed Nafeez revealed a new vulnerability in the OpenVPN protocol. The vulnerability, named Voracle,...
How ExpressVPN keeps its web servers patched and secure
This article explains ExpressVPN’s approach to security patch management for the infrastructure running the ExpressVPN website (not the VPN servers). In general, our approach...
What are DNS leaks?
In a previous blog, we talked about what DNS is, how it works, and why it can give away more information than you might...
ExpressVPN security updates to protect systems from Spectre and Meltdown
What are Spectre and Meltdown?
Last week, two major security flaws, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, were discovered in the CPUs of virtually all computing devices...
EU approves “link tax” and “censorship machines” for a final vote
On Wednesday, the European Union approved its controversial Copyright Directive for a final vote in January 2019. If passed, the bill would permanently damage...
California passes “the strongest net neutrality standards in the nation”
California has just passed net neutrality regulations into state law after bill SB-822 passed both the State Assembly and the Senate on August 31.
California's...
Access granted: How to use Southwest Airlines overseas
If you’re reading this, chances are you already know a thing or two about VPNs. Maybe you’ve even used them to help find cheap...
ExpressVPN’s new-look blog!
Regular readers may notice that we launched a fancy new blog earlier in the week.
We hope it’s a more modern design and allows easier...
What is ExpressVPN’s Smart Location and when should you use it?
ExpressVPN’s handy Smart Location feature is a tool built right into the app that will always pick the best VPN location for you.
Smart Location uses...
ExpressVPN 6.6.1 for Windows has all the best features
The latest ExpressVPN app for Windows has a host of killer features that will keep you secure on the internet.
On top of that, we’ve...
