Dedicated first responder network raises privacy, transparency and net...
Providing first responders such as the police, fire services and paramedics with the best available technology makes sense. Lives can be saved and disasters averted if action is taken as promptly as...
View ArticleTLS 1.3 is Coming – an Opportunity for Amazon, Google and Microsoft to End...
A new standard for cryptography is on the horizon, called Transport Level Security 1.3 (TLS 1.3). TLS 1.3 is a major update to cryptography, and fundamentally changes how websites and services will...
View ArticleHow to See What Your Router is Exposing to the Internet
Is your home router a sitting duck with ports open to the world just waiting to be hacked? Let’s go over how you can check. First, it’s important to start with implementing basic defenses to secure...
View ArticleHardware Acceleration is Here for Routers Using OpenVPN
One of the most popular privacy uses for a VPN is setting up the service on a VPN router. The router protects the entire network behind it by routing all of the devices through your preferred VPN...
View ArticleThe Current Status of WireGuard VPNs – Are We There Yet?
In security circles, WireGuard is an exciting proposition. It is a modern, open-source VPN client and server system that is highly streamlined, lean, and easy to review due to its simplicity....
View ArticleHere come connected vehicles and urban analytics: what do they mean for privacy?
Electric vehicles and driverless cars may get the headlines, but the real revolution on roads is happening elsewhere, silently and out of sight. For twenty years, more and more digital technology has...
View ArticleuMatrix – A Powerful Firefox Extension to Enhance Security and Privacy
Today we are going to talk about uMatrix, a more powerful cousin of the uBlock Origin ad-blocker. uMatrix adds Cookie, CSS, Media/Image, Script, XML Http Requests (XHR), Frame, and other types of...
View ArticleHere’s how Internet of Things malware is undermining privacy
The Internet of Things (IoT) is increasingly part of our everyday lives, with so-called “smart” speakers especially popular, But for all their undoubted technical merits, they also represent a growing...
View ArticleKazakhstan tries and fails to MITM all of its internet users with rogue...
On July 17th, 2019, the government of Kazakhstan enacted a new cybersecurity measure that aims to spy on its citizens’ internet traffic. Specifically, the Kazakh government ordered all of the internet...
View ArticleSite to Site (Commercial) VPN vs Remote Access (Personal) VPN
A VPN is a virtual private network that connects two or more devices via an encrypted tunnel. VPNs are set up using different VPN protocols which include OpenVPN PPTP, L2TP, IPSec, and WireGuard®....
View ArticleChina’s “New IP” proposal to replace TCP/IP has a built in “shut up command”...
The Chinese government and the Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei under its control are proposing a “New IP” addressing system for the internet to replace TCP/IP. The New IP system...
View ArticleOK Zoomer: avoiding a privacy disaster in the post-coronavirus world
It would be an understatement to say that Covid-19 has affected practically every aspect of our lives, given the scale of the transformation. Its impact on privacy, too, is evident. Last week, this...
View ArticlePrivate Internet Access announces third year of WireGuard® sponsorship
Private Internet Access is happy to announce that we are sponsoring the WireGuard® project as a bronze company donor. Private Internet Access first sponsored WireGuard in 2018, and with our 2020...
View ArticlePrivate Internet Access reveals physical locations of 35 geo-located regions
Geo-located regions are rolling out to all Private Internet Access users in June, 2020. Private Internet Access made the decision to start offering geo-located regions as a way to re-enter regions like...
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Free VPNs based in Hong Kong caught logging
Several free VPN apps based in Hong Kong logged internet activity from millions of users then left that data unsecured on the internet for anyone to find. This batch of fake no log VPNs was discovered...
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