News broke this weekend that China-backed hackers have compromised the wiretap systems of several U.S. telecom and internet providers, likely in an effort to gather intelligence on Americans. The wiretap systems, as mandated under a…
VPNs are practically everywhere. In editorials, in advertorials, and featured by influencers on your favorite YouTube shows. There are ads for VPNs on websites, during television commercials, plastered on billboards, and on subway ads. There…
Sandvine, the makers of surveillance-ware that allowed authoritarian countries to censor the internet and spy on their citizens, announced that it is leaving dozens of “non-democratic” countries as part of a major overhaul of the…
For the past few years, a conspiracy theory called “Dead Internet theory” has picked up speed as large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT increasingly generate text and even social media interactions found online. The theory…
Enlarge / Soon you’ll be able to stream games and video for free on United flights. United United Airlines announced this morning that it is giving its in-flight Internet access an upgrade. It has signed…
At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros Multiple independently verified no-log audits Unlimited simultaneous device connections Vast server network Great extra features such as multi-hop and split tunneling Cons App is a little awkward to use…
A group of hackers linked to the Chinese government used a previously unknown vulnerability in software to target U.S. internet service providers, security researchers have found. The group known as Volt Typhoon was exploiting the…
At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros Lots of power features Privacy-minded Great value Cons Arguably less intuitive than some others More speed loss than some rivals Our Verdict Private Internet Access (PIA) offers a robust…
Hey, remember Windows XP? You know, the nostalgia-rich operating system from 2001 that’s fondly remembered by many, which was widely used around the world until support for it officially ended in 2014. In fact, it…
A critical vulnerability recently discovered in a widely used piece of software is putting huge swaths of the Internet at risk of devastating hacks, and attackers have already begun actively trying to exploit it in…