Tips & tricks

A cloud padlock.
6 mins

How to back up your files and encrypt them

Choose the best backup method for you. Keep your data safe and accessible with these tips.
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6 mins

How to improve your email security

No matter if it’s private communication or business, your emails contain practically everything there is to know about you. From your emails, anyone can learn...
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4 mins

Interested in cybersecurity jobs? You’ll need these skills

Cybersecurity is a lucrative field and professionals are in high demand.
Mask with a smiley face.
2 mins

Face masks do help evade facial recognition tech—for now

A study by the U.S. government found that even some highly accurate algorithms failed to match photos of masked individuals to their pictures up to 50% of the time.
An illustratin of a woman juglging different faces.
10 mins

How (and why) to keep multiple online identities separate

To keep an online persona separate from, and unconnected to, a legal identity, it’s important to understand which identifiers are commonly used to de-anonymize a person.
Wrapping around a hexagonal bar.
6 mins

Modern-day encryption has ancient cryptography beginnings

How to communicate privately has fascinated mathematicians for millennia, possibly as far back as ancient Egypt. Greek strategists would often make use of simple...
A collage of images related to mobile devices, e.g.: a Sim card and a USB socket.
1 min

Infographic: How your phone gives up your privacy

This visual guide covers mobile security tips, tricks, and best practices and will help secure your phone from the most determined of hackers.
Magnifying glass over code.
3 mins

Here’s how bug bounties improve security

Software could be the most complex tool created by humans. While it might still be possible for a single individual to understand all the...
A bug under a microscope.
2 mins

ExpressVPN launches a bug-bounty program hosted by Bugcrowd

We encourage security researchers to look for vulnerabilities in our apps, website, servers, and all other ExpressVPN assets.
A broken Open Technology Fund logo.
3 mins

The U.S. wants to stop funding open-source projects. Here’s why that’s bad.

You may not have heard of the Open Technology Fund (OTF), but you’ve probably used tools that have gotten its financial support—Tor, Tails, and...

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