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How to tell if a QR code is safe to scan
QR codes were invented in 1994, but it wasn't until almost a decade later that they became mainstream. . QR code usage has increased rapidly, making them a popular tool for hackers to spread malware o...
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Canada’s Online Streaming Act (Bill C-11) explained
The Canadian Senate has passed Bill C-11, also known as the Online Streaming Act. It’s designed to force streaming services to favor (and financially support) Canadian content. Update on October 11,...
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How deepfakes are changing what we remember
Deepfakes are increasingly harder to detect, meaning they can be used to manipulate and alter people's memories—a phenomenon known as the Mandela Effect. . Have you fallen under the Mandela Effect? ...
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[Quiz] How much is your data worth on the dark web?
ExpressVPN combed various sites on the dark web to find the average cost of popular personal information in 2023. . Hacked social media and streaming accounts are some of the more affordable items ava...
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Q&A: Kateryna Balaban, on how VPNs are helping protect refugees
Kateryna Balaban is the Managing Director of Linking Help, the NGO behind UA.SUPPORT—an international pro bono legal platform and ExpressVPN partner that connects Ukranian refugees and asylum seeker...
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The U.S. Restrict Act explained
The Restrict Act is proposed legislation that was first introduced in the U.S. Senate on March 7, 2023. Find out why you should care about the Act with our short explainer. What is the Restrict Act? T...
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A toast to Gordon Moore, an inspiration to human ingenuity
This post was co-authored by Pete Membrey, chief engineer – VPN technologies and Brendan Horan, senior principal system engineer at ExpressVPN It was announced yesterday by Intel and the Gordon and ...
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Survey: Remote workers are working about 1/3 of the time
Some remote workers are wasting 1,400 working hours each year. . Four in 10 respondents said they gambled on their company-issued devices instead of working. . 42% of Americans we surveyed admitted to...
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The Twitterverse in Numbers
Despite Elon Musk’s acquisition sparking new interest in the platform, Twitter is predicted to lose 33 million users worldwide by 2024 . Over 6% of U.S. users are expected to quit the platform thi...
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Q&A: Mark Weinstein, on making social media serve the user again
Mark Weinstein is a privacy advocate and the founder of MeWe, a social networking platform with no ads, no personal data collection, and no newsfeed manipulation. In 2022, Weinstein left MeWe, which h...
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