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Announcing the winner of the 2020 Future of Privacy Scholarship
NOTE: This post was originally published on November 3, 2020 We are excited to announce the winner of the ExpressVPN Future of Privacy Scholarship 2020: Ho Hui Jun, an educational psychology student a...
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Limiting the president’s power to shut down the internet
This post was originally published on November 3, 2020. A law written 86 years ago, when telephones were still somewhat novel, has inadvertently given the U.S. president the ability to shut the intern...
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7 countries are calling for access to your private messages
If you’re using a messaging app that does not use end-to-end encryption (E2EE), your communications could be read by the company whose app you’re using, as well as government authorities and other...
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Yes, your e-reader tracks you, too. Here’s what to do about it.
This year has given us plenty of reasons to seek out forms of escapism. For bookworms in particular, getting an e-reader would be a savvy way to add to their literary arsenal. Not only are there advan...
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Denmark’s lesson in whistleblowing: Don’t arrest the whistleblowers
This post was originally published on September 3, 2020. In the case of prominent U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden, uncovering mass surveillance programs led him to flee the country and lead years in...
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Instagram stored messages and photos you wanted to delete
According to Instagram, data deleted from its platform takes 90 days to be completely removed from Instagram’s systems. Turns out that was not the case. Independent security researcher Saugat Pokhar...
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Lockdowns highlight the need to repair devices ourselves
This post was originally published on August 19, 2020. Since the shift toward remote work and virtual hangouts and meetups, we’ve become evermore dependent on our devices. Phones and laptops have be...
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To combat fake pandemic news, countries beef up censorship
This post was originally published on August 10, 2020. Since the beginning of this year, countries have been scrambling to control the spread of Covid-19 by placing unprecedented measures and restrict...
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New semester, new surveillance: How schools plan to monitor students
This post was originally published on July 28, 2020. It is somehow almost September, which normally signals the start of another school year for many children and university students. While Covid-19 h...
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Three things we learned from the EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance
Wonder what sort of surveillance your city has? There’s a map for that. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has launched the “largest-ever” searchable database of police use of surveillance...
