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Instead of freeing us, the internet is making us conform
The fact that we’re far less likely to engage in deviant behavior if we think we’re being watched isn’t a new discovery. In 2012, a group of researchers from the University of Newcastle in the U...
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Is your car spying on you?
Unlike many other devices, cars are not prefixed with the word smart. Even if they’re connected to the internet—and have the ability to collect and sell your data to third parties. And yet, that�...
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Want to trade crypto? Here are the top 5 exchanges to try your hand
To buy Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, you have multiple options. You can go to a Bitcoin ATM, accept them as payments for your goods and services, buy them peer-to-peer or from a brokerage. The mo...
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Interview: Meet the person protecting human rights activists amid mass surveillance
Front Line Defenders’s Mohammed Al-Maskati has spent most of his life fighting for human rights in Bahrain and the Middle East. But in recent years, human rights activists have increasingly faced th...
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What is a Bitcoin node and who needs one?
The Bitcoin network does not have a central authority that decides which transactions are valid and which are not. There is nobody who issues coins, and nobody who can take them back. Nobody knows how...
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Staying private online could save you big bucks
By far the biggest offenders when it comes to mining your data are not governments or police, but rather advertising agencies. They will buy up your credit card history from your bank, embed trackers ...
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7 privacy and security takeaways in Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report
This post was originally published on June 28, 2019. The biggest slide deck about the internet is back! Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report has highlighted important online observations since 1995,...
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ExpressVPN is turning 10!
Ten years is a lifetime in the tech world. We’ve been around since the days when it was still considered dodgy to find a stranger on the internet and get into their car. And back then, if you took a...
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This congressman wants to turn Taiwan into a blockchain island. We asked him how.
It’s been over ten years since the birth of Bitcoin, and while many cryptocurrencies have come and gone, the technology under it all, blockchain, has proved resilient to the fads and failed ICOs. On...
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UK's Online Harms White Paper casts a cloud on free speech
The UK government has introduced a new regulatory framework that seeks to push companies with online platforms to regulate “harmful” material posted on their websites. The Online Harms White Paper...
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