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Q&A: ExpressVPN co-founder Peter Burchhardt on the shifting state of digital privacy
The need for privacy protections has remained a constant since ExpressVPN's founding in 2009, but the tools, technology, and threats have all shifted and evolved. We sat down with Peter Burchhardt, on...
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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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Take these tests to verify your password security
Most websites require a “minimum” password strength. For example, you might have to create a password with a minimum number of characters, numbers, and/or special characters. But what if you want ...
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How to reset your Steam password
If you’re serious about gaming or game development, losing access to your Steam account would be a disaster. Fear not: Resetting your Steam password is easy and painless. Here’s how to do it: How ...
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How websites check your password
When you visit a website and enter a password (or autofill one from your password manager), have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes? In other words, how does the website know if the pass...
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How to permanently delete your Amazon account
Like most Big Tech companies, Amazon doesn’t make it easy to stop using their services. But with a little bit of effort, you can permanently wipe your account from Amazon’s databases—including a...
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Data scraping: A (mostly) legal way to harvest your information
When you post information or images of yourself publicly online, there is always the risk that someone will record that information and use it in some way. But the practice of data scraping, in which ...
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ExpressVPN’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday deal 2022 (plus shopping tips)
The biggest shopping days of the year are almost here: Black Friday (November 25, 2022) and Cyber Monday (November 28, 2022)! That means it’s time to start scoping out the best deals. This year, we...
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Dystopian data: How my search history cost me my job
The following is part of a fictitious series that looks at the dangers of internet privacy abuse. ExpressVPN delves into a dark, but very realistic future where ISPs routinely sell your private data t...
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Dystopian data: How my ISP got me blacklisted from my dream school
NOTE: This post was originally published on July 26, 2017 The following is part of a fictitious series that looks at the dangers of internet privacy abuse. ExpressVPN delves into a dark, but very real...
