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PGP is still pretty good for privacy
Many privacy advocates use PGP (GNU Privacy Guard/GPG in its open source form) to encrypt, sign, and verify data and text of all sorts. PGP is a relatively well audited and trusted privacy and securit...
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What makes a cryptocurrency Bitcoin?
According to listings on coinmarketcap.com, there are now six major cryptocurrencies that all claim to be Bitcoin, and more are in the works. In addition to Bitcoin Cash (which, with over US$20 billio...
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5 fashion items you’ll need to fight a surveillance state
In a previous post, we looked at how to be incognito in the real world. Today, let’s dive deeper into the subject... and how to look fabulous while doing it! When you’re out and about, the most di...
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Did the internet fail to deliver on its early promises?
With its many predecessors and common interchangeable terminology, it’s hard to pin the internet’s birth date precisely, though it’s fair to say that in the mid-1990s the internet began to enter...
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Here's why your printer is a tattletale
When you print, scan, or copy a document at home or in the office, it might look like any other document to your eyes. But, unbelievably, data on the page make it possible to track almost every docume...
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ExpressVPN supports more Linux distributions than ever
This post was originally published on March 13, 2018. ExpressVPN loves Linux, and released the first dedicated Linux CLI all the way back in April 2016! Currently, ExpressVPN for Linux 1.4.1 is availa...
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Go incognito: Avoid surveillance in real life
The surveillance state is here, watching you from when you leave your apartment all the way to work, the mall, and the club. It is not unthinkable to go completely dark online, but how do we move in t...
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Which of ExpressVPN's 2017 predictions came true? And what's next for 2018?
NOTE: This post was originally published on February 16, 2018 In 2016 and 2017, Lexie made some bold predictions about how the world of online privacy and information security might evolve. As 2018 is...
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4 guides that will help improve your digital security
The ExpressVPN blog features advice, explanations, reviews, information security updates, online privacy, politics, ExpressVPN products, and all the things about which we are passionate. Some things, ...
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Taking your first steps on the Lightning Network
Cryptocurrencies are beginning to change the world, but they have not been able to prove themselves for regular consumer payment, mostly because of the speed and cost of a Bitcoin transaction. A trans...
