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5 questions about the new WhatsApp encryption upgrade
As of Monday, April 4, 2016, WhatsApp has become the largest encrypted messaging app in the world, by launching its end-to-end encryption upgrade across all communications platforms. Just when we thou...
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What the Panama Leak means for corruption and privacy
Last Sunday (April 3, 2016) the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) released the Panama Papers to media outlets around the world. The Panama ...
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New York City’s free public Wi-Fi comes at a price
Last month, New York City unveiled a grandiose new plan to replace the city’s old, dilapidated phone booths with sparkling new public Wi-Fi hotspots. These hotspots let people charge their devices, ...
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Internet hacks: Brute-force attacks and how to stop them
A brute-force attack, also called exhaustive key search, is essentially a game of guessing and can be executed against any type of authentication system. Encryption keys are particularly vulnerable to...
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A brief history of Anonymous
Anonymous has beef with Donald Trump. Earlier this week the hacking network ...
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North Korea: Strange facts from the weirdest country on Earth
ExpressVPN answers the DPRK questions that you’ve been dying to ask. And some that you definitely haven’t. Can you add to the FAQ? Leave your favorite North Korean tidbits in the comments and we'l...
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What happens when good Chrome extensions turn bad
In one of the strangest (and funniest) web faux pas of the century, Wired magazine recently published an article accidentally referring to Donald Trump as someone with teeny-tiny hands. How did it hap...
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Memory removal is the real world right to be forgotten
We’ve all got memories that appear from nowhere, the ones that make us bite down on a clenched fist and lower our heads in crippling shame. What would you give to forget these memories as easily as ...
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As users turn to ad blockers, sites start blocking users
This post was originally published on March 9, 2016. Last December, Forbes started blocking access to visitors who used ad-blocking software. Visitors with any type of ad blocker installed on their we...
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Batman v Superman: Who's got the best secret identity?
This article was originally published on March 4, 2016. How do two of the world’s most iconic superheroes hide their respective identities? On the surface, it doesn’t look like they have much in c...
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