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Frightening reality: You can buy ransomware as a service

Ransomware attacks were once carried out by skilled hackers. Now, anyone with a credit card can theoretically launch them. Case in point: the Colonial Pipeline hack.
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When catfish meets crypto scam on dating apps

Do your attractive matches on dating apps mainly want to talk about a great crypto opportunity? Beware of the latest catfish.
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Cypherpunks: Pioneers of online privacy

Encryption was once used exclusively for military purposes. Cypherpunks helped bring the tech into the mainstream.
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1 year on: As Covid-19 raged, our privacy slid

One year after Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, we take a look at how it has changed our lives both online and off, for better or worse.
Crypto falling into a trap.
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Is that a crypto wallet app—or a scam?

Beware of fake crypto wallet apps, which abound in Apple and Google’s app stores, as ExpressVPN's Digital Security Lab has found.
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5 mins

What your internet service provider knows from your online traffic

If you don't encrypt your online traffic, your ISP can potentially see everything. Let’s fix that.
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7 mins

Best video sharing alternatives to YouTube

As issues of censorship increasingly dominate the headlines, we take a look at some alternative video sharing platforms to YouTube.
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6 mins

Top 9 .onion websites from the depths of the dark web

Looking to explore the top dark web links? There’s so much to see, where do you start? ExpressVPN lists the must-see .onion sites for 2021.
Tin cans connected by a string.
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Why more apps should integrate Tor

It allows for end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer connections on the dark web.
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What is SOCKS5? How do SOCKS proxies work?

Learn about the benefits of using the SOCKS5 proxy to keep your identity private and whether you should use it with a VPN.

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