What does Big Tech know about you? Find out
Tech giants like Google, Apple, and Microsoft are tracking you. Here is how to see the profiles they have built on you and how to remove some of this data.
Is that a crypto wallet app—or a scam?
Beware of fake crypto wallet apps, which abound in Apple and Google’s app stores, as ExpressVPN's Digital Security Lab has found.
Digital vaccination passports are here
Some countries will require proof that you’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19 before letting you travel or go to public places. Will privacy be sacrificed?
Link tax: How countries are forcing Big Tech to pay for the news
Australia has become the first place where Google and Facebook pay for news on their platforms. Other countries want the same.
How to tell if your webcam has been hacked
Six ways to know if someone is watching you with your laptop’s camera.
Protecting power grids and water supplies from cyber attacks
Cybersecurity for public utilities is imperative—and daunting—but the potential consequences are too dire to ignore.
These mood trackers log your voice, skin, brain waves, and more
A new wave of mental-health wearable devices detect distress in your body. Would you wear them?
Data ethics: When your public images are used for profit
If you post a picture or personal information publicly online, companies (or anyone else) could use it to build a database without your consent. Is it legal—and ethical?
Contact-tracing apps: A privacy paradox
Contact tracing apps have defied privacy norms, but are they a necessary evil for fighting Covid-19? Here are examples from all around the world.
Splinternet: From one internet to multiple webs
The internet was meant to be universal, but countries are changing that by subjecting it to their own laws.