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Tech safety for survivors of domestic violence
Content warning: This guide discusses aspects of domestic violence and abuse. Domestic violence is about the abuse of power and control, which can take many forms. Often, technology can serve as a maj...
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Dark Web Links: The best .onion and Tor sites
The deep web is the part of the internet that’s not indexed by search engines, such as your emails, social media feed, and cloud storage. It basically includes anything that has a virtual padlock or...
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Telegram vs. WhatsApp: Which messaging app is better?
In this article, ExpressVPN focuses on WhatsApp and Telegram. If you want to see how other chat apps compare, click here for the best of the rest. Telegram faces a lot of criticism for not being fully...
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How to use technology in the classroom: benefits and impact
Technology in education systems comes with a couple of significant obstacles, but as with previous technologies, also presents some opportunities that we would be unwise to turn down. For the most par...
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How to delete your hard drive browsing history
A common way to enhance your internet privacy is to delete your web browser’s history (see our guide for Chrome). Doing so helps safeguard your personal and financial data. But if you want to go one...
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The safe browsing guide: 21 ways to protect yourself online
Browsers are slowly replacing operating systems as the central interface for devices. Already, they are the primary application on most computers. Similar to how our smartphones have become our camera...
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What is off-the-record messaging (OTR)?
For journalists, the ability to protect a source is vital to successfully communicating with valuable people. For sources, the stakes are even higher: their security and liberty depend on not being id...
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We’re at the dawn of medical surveillance
The past year has been dominated by the consequences of a new coronavirus that has spread rapidly to every corner of the globe. New legislation and emergency regulations have allowed nearly every coun...
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OONI, an app that measures how much of your internet is censored
OONI, the Open Observatory of Network Interference, is an organization that aims to document and investigate internet censorship around the world. Affiliated with the Tor Project, the group has releas...
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Here's how bug bounties improve security
Software could be the most complex tool created by humans. While it might still be possible for a single individual to understand all the functioning parts of a car or telephone, it’s unlikely any o...
