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Go incognito: Avoid surveillance in real life
The surveillance state is here, watching you from when you leave your apartment all the way to work, the mall, and the club. It is not unthinkable to go completely dark online, but how do we move in t...
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Which of ExpressVPN's 2017 predictions came true? And what's next for 2018?
NOTE: This post was originally published on February 16, 2018 In 2016 and 2017, Lexie made some bold predictions about how the world of online privacy and information security might evolve. As 2018 is...
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4 guides that will help improve your digital security
The ExpressVPN blog features advice, explanations, reviews, information security updates, online privacy, politics, ExpressVPN products, and all the things about which we are passionate. Some things, ...
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Taking your first steps on the Lightning Network
Cryptocurrencies are beginning to change the world, but they have not been able to prove themselves for regular consumer payment, mostly because of the speed and cost of a Bitcoin transaction. A trans...
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How to use Bitcoin’s multisignature wallets
A Bitcoin generally can only be spent by its owner as identified through their public key hash, e.g., their Bitcoin address. The Bitcoin protocol allows for different kinds of rules to define precisel...
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Is there still privacy in the real world?
There are sensors and cameras everywhere, social convention dictates we carry what is essentially a surveillance device with us at all times, and passport regulation mandates that we identify and regi...
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Zero-knowledge proofs explained Part 2: Non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs
In part 1 of our zero-knowledge proof series, we explained how a zero-knowledge proof could work when the verifier and the prover interact with each other. An interactive zero-knowledge proof has the ...
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5 biggest scams in history
The internet has paved the way for well-known scams such as the “Nigerian prince” or the “wealthy widow benefactor,” as well as the recently trending Venmo and PayPal scams, and dating-app cry...
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Zero-knowledge proofs explained: Part 1
Zero-knowledge proofs explained Part 2: Non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs Cryptography mostly concerns itself with secure communications and includes hiding information from adversaries and authen...
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3 cryptocurrencies that care about your privacy
Bitcoin is not perfectly anonymous. While it's true that you don’t have to connect your real name or phone number to a Bitcoin transaction, there are multiple ways to de-anonymize your account. Ever...
