Privacy & Security Guides

In this guide you will learn about: What VPNs are and how they work How a VPN keeps your internet traffic private What TOR is and how it works How TOR can ensure both privacy AND anonymity. VPN vs TOR: Differences and similarities Use cases for VPNs and TOR Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and The […]

Telegram is a messaging application with over 500 million monthly active users, being one of the 10 most downloaded apps in the world. The software can be used in many devices at the same time, with lots of features and customization options for its desktop, mobile and browser versions. Being a direct competitor of WhatsApp, […]

For SMB owners, reading about massive cyberattacks might seem like a faraway misfortune of international enterprise companies. Now, the tit-for-tat cybercrime war pits increasingly sophisticated malicious actors against businesses of all sizes.

In this guide, you will learn about: What is a VPN? What is an APN? The differences and similarities between an APN vs. VPN. Use cases for VPNs and APNs. Quick Summary What’s the difference between an APN vs VPN? An APN, or Access Point Name, is a gateway that allows you to connect to […]

In this article you will learn about: What is pfSense and how do you use it What is Squid and how do you use it How proxy servers work How to install and configure Squid How to install and configure SquidGuard How to block ads with pfSense, Squid & SquidGuard pfSense is a powerful open-source […]

Can NFTs help online artists to fight back against online piracy? But can NFTs also threaten privacy & anonymity online (as far-fetched as this may sound)?

Want to learn more about a company’s privacy practices? Then a privacy policy is a good start. We’ll explain what elements a Privacy Policy should have & how to understand what is being done with your data.

Keyboard logging software that tracks everything you type, wearable tech that tracks everywhere you go, drones, superzoom cameras, parabolic microphones… No this isn’t the CIA, it’s your employer.

In this guide you will learn about: Why using Google services can harm your privacy Privacy friendly alternatives to Google Search Privacy friendly alternatives to Gmail Privacy friendly alternatives to Google Maps There’s no shortage of good reasons to move away from using Google services. After all, Google’s business model is based on monitoring its […]

Professionals working alone or in private practice must change defense methods to avoid cyberattacks of their small businesses. This guide will: Describe changes in cyber exploits and attack defenses. Help independent professionals recognize and reduce risk of the most common cyberattacks.

In this guide you will learn about: What encryption is and how it works How encryption will protect data on your external storage devices How to encrypt data on an external hard drive How to encrypt an external hard drive or USB on Windows How to encrypt an external hard drive or USB on macOS […]

In this guide you’ll learn: What are data brokers What types of personal data they collect and process How they collect personal data Why you don’t want your personal data in their hands How to protect yourself from data brokers Media abounds with articles about Googles and Facebooks of the world earning tons of money […]

You wouldn’t know it by watching the news, with everything that’s been happening surrounding the pandemic and global politics, but up until this point, 2020 has been one of the worst years for cyber attacks. Notable corporations and organizations like NASA, McDonald’s, Visa, MasterCard, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Lockheed Martin, Google, even cybersecurity companies FireEye and SolarWinds […]

Many small and medium businesses think that GDPR compliance is a long road ahead and delay it as much as possible. However, it is not as closely as long and expensive as it may seem. This guide will explain: What every single online business has to do, and What some business may need to do […]

Google Analytics is a free tool by Google that provides robust insights into website visitor performance and statistics. In this guide you will learn about: Why you should not want Google Analytics to track you Methods to prevent Google Analytics from tracking you Many businesses integrate Google Analytics into their websites to track visitor statistics […]

The View from the Remote Workplace Working from home increases the risk to system security and data privacy. With this guide, remote workers and independent professionals can: Recognize and avoid basic security threats. Set up effective cybersecurity practices. Establish effective security habits.

If you want to use the best data processing tools out there, then you have to use those made by US companies. If you want to use these tools, then you likely need to send the personal data of your EU users to the US. And this is where things become tricky for businesses. This […]

A step-by-step practical guide for the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) There are thousands of articles on the web that analyze in-depth the legalese and jargon of the California Consumer Protection Act of 2018. But as a business owner or data protection officer that handles the personal data of California residents, you just want to […]

According to Statista, in 2020, around 3.6 billion people used some form of social media. A graph, by Statista, representing the trajectory of growth for social media, shows usage will increase to over 4.4 billion souls by 2025. By current projections, we are already at almost half of the world’s population using a social media […]

Data-informed decisions keep the profits high while optimizing the costs of acquiring new customers, so almost every single online business wants to monitor what you do on the internet. This keeps their costs low while converting you to a paying customer. In the meantime, the monitoring has gone wild and governments reacted with more stringent […]

Many of us have woken up to a new year, after a dreadful 2020, wondering about our lives, who we are, and how we impact the planet. This feeling of doing harm is not just because of Covid-19 running rampage across the human species. This climate of harmful behavior has been percolating in tech circles […]

The human face is something we are programmed to recognize; the face has an evolutionary history that reflects how our species has changed over time. But now this essence of humanity, our face, has entered a new era, one of commoditization and control of systems based on its morphology: in other words, facial recognition. But […]

As you may already know, a device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address — whether dynamic or static — is its assigned 32-bit numerical label that can identify its host or network interface and location. There are many reasons why you may want to change your IP address or switch it from dynamic to static, and we’ll […]

Healthcare data breaches increased by 2733% between 2009 and 2019 in the United States. The alarming frequency of such attacks has resulted in the majority of Americans’ healthcare data being exposed. The origins of healthcare data breaches range from disgruntled employees to state sponsored hackers. On many occasions, the data ends up for sale on […]

As a regular internet user, you’ve probably heard the term encryption. Many internet users have no clue what encryption is, but it’s critical that you know why you need to encrypt your internet connection, and how you can do so. Prying eyes on the internet abound. That’s why most of the popular messaging applications, like […]

If you use a VPN regularly, you probably know that almost all VPN vendors provide OpenVPN protocol because OpenVPN is a secure and reliable open-source solution. Both Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) are protocols for sending data packets through the internet built on top of the Internet Protocol. They’re also the […]

If your mobile phone has an internet connection, you can share that connection with other devices like laptops and other phones. This process is called tethering. To tether, the device needs to connect to your phone via wireless LAN, Bluetooth, or a USB cable. And once another device can access the web, your phone becomes […]

To get a New York IP address in five minutes follow the steps below: Get ExpressVPN Install the ExpressVPN app or their browser extension Once downloaded, open ExpressVPN, and enter ‘new york’ into the search bar. You can now access a dropdown menu with all the New York-based servers Choose New York as your location […]

A VPN ensures security, anonymity, and privacy when browsing the internet. But what if your VPN failed at some point while you surfed online? Your internet data transmission would become unsecured again, leaving you exposed to the world. That’s where a kill switch can come in handy, because it will automatically disconnect you from the […]

In general usage, obfuscation is done to hide or obscure a message’s intended meaning, making it difficult to understand. In the context of VPNs, obfuscation is done to hide VPN traffic, and hence bypass VPN blocks. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and governments love to spy on user traffic and use that info for data analytics. […]

Introduction to Tails and Tor The Amnesic Incognito Live System, or simply known as Tails, is a Debian-based Linux operating system whose ultimate goal is to preserve your privacy and anonymity. To achieve this, Tails forces all your internet traffic to route through Tor — software that lets you browse the internet anonymously. Tails is […]

Tor Browser is software that lets you surf the internet and use all web services anonymously. Nobody — not even government organizations, law enforcers, or big corporations — would be able to check your browsing history or track your location.

The dark web has a longstanding reputation as a haven for the worst kinds of criminal activity. This reputation is not wholly unjustified, as there are indeed terrible things happening around the world that can be bought and sold on the dark web. The privacy offered by software such as TOR creates an environment where […]

What is port forwarding? Well, in simple terms, it’s forwarding internet data from one port to another. And when do you need it? When you need to allow incoming connections from a WAN (internet) to reach a specific device/port on a LAN (a private network). Let’s break this down a little further… When you connect […]

There may come a time in your career, working in a corporate environment or for your government, when you realize that something’s not right. You may find out that who you’re working for is betraying the principles they espouse when there were other more honorable ways to achieve their means. All of your colleagues are […]

Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was created in mid-April 2016, the EU had hopes of creating an internet where the privacy of its users is more valued by making businesses implement an opt-in framework for their tracking cookies. In addition to establishing these goals, the GDPR has also inspired things like the California […]

Saying that air gapping a system is anything but the most secure and invulnerable way to protect data is bound to burst some bubbles. After all, this is the gospel truth among IT professionals who live in a world of clean, sanitized, statistics that don’t always account for how dirty the real world can be. […]

The Domain Name System (DNS) is the phone book of the Internet. When people use the web, they don’t type in the IP address of the website that they want to visit. Instead, they use a domain name, like www.google.com. The job of DNS is to convert this domain name into an IP address that […]

There have been almost 500 documented geopolitical cyber attacks around the world since 2009. Making cyberwarfare a major technological threat to nations and their citizens. In this article, we hope to break down some of the numbers and gain insight into the nature of these attacks, where they originate from, and who they’re targeting. Key […]

Here are the precise steps you need to take if you want complete access to Imgur in Turkey: Visit ExpressVPN and sign up. Install the app or download the ExpressVPN Chrome or Firefox extension. Start up the ExpressVPN app or open the browser extension. Select a country from the map or list. Enjoy full access […]

Surveillance offers government agencies the ability to gain a deep understanding of a target. This can often be to prevent terrorism or other serious crime, but more and more we are seeing surveillance as a matter of course, and people are becoming so used to it that many don’t even care. Some forms of internet […]

Depending on what you count as a streaming site, Hulu is either the second or third most popular streaming service in the United States (after Netflix and YouTube). It provides streamed content from the US television networks NBC, FOX, and ABC, as well as producing original content such as ‘A Handmaid’s Tale’. However, currently, you […]

How to unblock Netflix on IndiHome? To gain seamless access to Netflix in Indonesia, just do the following: Get ExpressVPN from the official website Install the program Connect to a suitable VPN server outside of Indonesia Access Netflix unrestricted In this guide, we explain a problem that affects many people based in Indonesia who wish […]

If you’ve read a few of our guides you’ll know how strongly we advocate the use of VPNs to protect your online privacy and break down the walls of censorship. So today we’re going to look at setting up and using a VPN on your router so you can protect every device on your home […]

The European General Data Protection Regulation is widely misunderstood by many small businesses. It’s one of those topics that many people have some idea about and are keen to talk loudly about, while frequently missing the point, although few really understand it. At its core, GDPR governs how businesses must protect EU citizens’ data, and […]

Kodi is an open-source media software created for home entertainment. It’s completely free and can be downloaded onto many devices. It enables you to watch live IPTV, Movies, TV Shows, Sports Events, and more. Since Kodi is compatible with so many devices, we thought it would be useful to make a single page with installation […]

Unblock Netflix in five minutes Simply follow these instructions to access US Netflix in about five minutes: Click here to visit ExpressVPN and sign up Get the ExpressVPN app or the browser extension Open ExpressVPN and choose a US server from the map or list Go to Netflix and sign in to your account Enjoy […]

Many people these days know that their internet browsing is not particularly private, but most aren’t aware of quite how much they are being tracked. In this guide I will explain the most common methods of tracking, and how to overcome them and keep your internet usage private. Changing your browser or search engine won’t […]

Everyone has something to hide even if one might not know it yet. One of the most common pseudo-arguments brought against privacy goes something like this: “Why do you need privacy? If you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear” – or words to that effect. Some people are indeed convinced by […]

VPNs and other privacy tools are for the underprivileged what tax heavens are for the wealthy: a way to secure your own rights when those tasked with protecting them go rogue.

If you want to unblock Libgen then do the following: Get ExpressVPN Install ExpressVPN on your device (max. 2 minutes) Connect to a foreign server (instructions are provided once you install the app) Access Libgen Here’s the list of all working Libgen proxies: https://libgen.is/- Very Fast

Unblock 4Chan and 8Chan in Australia in five minutes: If you want to get started right away, simply follow these instructions to unblock 4Chan or Chan in about five minutes: Click here to get ExpressVPN Access 4Chan or 8Chan Enjoy full access to all web content Important: If you do not have admin access on […]

The easiest way to unblock porn in South Korea is by following the steps below: Get ExpressVPN Download the VPN app Connect to a server outside of Korea Could it be this simple to override a country’s censorship program? Indeed it is. With a VPN at your beck and call, nothing could be easier than […]

Key Takeaways: – The UK will likely implement a nationwide age-verification on all adult sites. – Internet users will be requited to buy – using their real ID – a license to view adult content. – That can be bypassed – legally – by using some of the techniques described below, such as VPNs. The […]

In this guide, you will learn to fix problems associated with Opera’s in-built VPN. Read below to learn about how to: Troubleshoot VPN connectivity issues Troubleshoot Opera browser issues Quick Summary You will know Opera VPN is not working correctly if you encounter the following messages. ‘Unavailable to connect to opera server,’ ‘VPN is temporarily […]

The VPN Concentrator is a networking device that allows multiple VPN tunnels to use a single network. VPN tunnels are the name for a secure connection that uses advanced encryption techniques to protect the information flowing across the web. This facility allows the connection to transit across any network where it might be intercepted and […]

What is a VPN passthrough? In a nutshell, a VPN passthrough is a router feature that enables any device connected to that router to establish an outbound VPN connection. By contrast, a VPN router is a device that actively implements a VPN connection. The VPN passthrough is a passive enabler for VPN traffic.

To unblock porn in Dubai & UAE, take the following steps, and in 5 minutes: Get ExpressVPN Download the main app Open it up, and choose a Western server like the USA Access a site of your choosing You can find a detailed review of ExpressVPN here. If you want to learn more about what […]

Bypass FortiGuard in five minutes: If you want to get started right away, simply follow these instructions to bypass FortiGuard web filtering in about five minutes: Click here to visit ExpressVPN and sign up Get the ExpressVPN Chrome or FireFox extension Open the extension and choose USA from the map Go to any website previously […]

I haven’t been inside a bank in months. These days there’s very little need to actually go anywhere near one, when you can check your accounts from the comfort of your home, or even lying on a beach. There is one issue though – we always recommend using a VPN when travelling or anytime you’re […]

Sure you can but the question is – do you really want to? Ultrasurf is a free client for Windows that gives you the opportunity to visit any website while having your traffic encrypted through a secure tunnel. The base idea is the same as that of a VPN. It works on Internet Explorer as […]

In this guide, you will learn to solve: No internet while connected to IPVanish No internet after disconnecting from IPVanish (Windows, Mac OS, and iOS) IPVanish connectivity issues on Fire TV Stick API error Intermittent connectivity and disconnections Quick Summary At times, IPVanish VPN may not work as intended. Usually, this is attributed to connectivity […]

Just as your laptop or mobile can get infected with malware, your router is a prime target for attackers who want to monitor your internet activity or worse, whilst often remaining unidentified. Antiviruses such as Avast are specifically made to detect these intrusions, warn you, and push them to quarantine. In this article, we’ll be […]

In this guide, you will learn to troubleshoot: Common NordVPN connectivity issues. Platform-specific connectivity issues on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Android, and iOS. No internet when connected to NordVPN. Quick Summary You may experience connectivity issues while using NordVPN. These issues may stem from the VPN app, your system, the network, or other configurations. This […]

Simply follow these instructions to unblock access to Craigslist in about five minutes: Click here to visit ExpressVPN and sign up Get the ExpressVPN Chrome or Firefox extension (or install the app) Open the extension and choose your country from the map or list Enjoy full access to the Craigslist site Why do I need […]

Get a New Jersey IP address in five minutes: To get started right away, follow these instructions to get a New Jersey IP address in about five minutes (no installation needed): Sign up at ExpressVPN Add the ExpressVPN extension to Chrome or install the App Open ExpressVPN and connect to a New Jersey server (image […]

TestMyNet is a free internet speed test website that’s been around for some time now. It’s very easy to use because the interface is very intuitive, although some might claim the GUI looks dated.

As parents, it is one of our many responsibilities to try to keep our children safe at all times. Technology has become of even greater importance in the lives of our children, and with the constant advancements, keeping up with what you need to know to keeps kids safe online in 2019 is more important […]

In this article you will learn about: How 4Chan can ban users even if no account registration is needed Bypass a 4Chan ban with a VPN Why sometimes VPNs don’t work with 4Chan – and how to solve this Using a free proxy to unblock 4Chan Using a dynamic IP address to bypass a 4Chan […]

Unblock porn sites in Turkey in five minutes: If you want to get started right away, simply follow these instructions to watch porn in Turkey: Click here to get ExpressVPN Download and install the app from the ExpressVPN website Open the software and choose USA from the map or list Go to any site Enjoy […]

Signal Private Messenger is a secure messaging service that functions in a similar way to Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp, but with added privacy.

BBC iPlayer users who possess a valid U.K. TV licence are traditionally the only ones who can enjoy the player. But what if you travel abroad? Yes, you could make use of numerous other content services, but there’s probably nothing quite like your beloved TV shows that you’d normally view on the BBC iPlayer.

Unblock any website in five minutes: Click here to visit ExpressVPN and sign up Get the ExpressVPN Chrome or FireFox extension (or install app) Open the app and choose a server from outside your own country Go to any website previously blocked Enjoy full access to all web content

Unblock YouTube in five minutes If you want to get started right away, simply follow these instructions to unblock YouTube in about five minutes: Click here to get ExpressVPN Download and install the app from the ExpressVPN website Open the software and choose USA from the map or list Go to YouTube Enjoy full access […]

Spotify unblocked in five minutes: If you want to get started right away, simply follow these instructions to unblock Spotify in about five minutes (no installation needed): Get ExpressVPN Add the ExpressVPN extension to Chrome or download the app Open the extension or app, enter the logins you used to register the account Enjoy a […]

SoundCloud unblocked in five minutes: If you want to get started right away, simply follow these instructions to unblock SoundCloud in about five minutes (no installation needed): Sign up at ExpressVPN Add the ExpressVPN extension to Chrome Open the extension, enter the logins you used to register the account Enjoy a fully unblocked SoundCloud Is […]

ITV, and other United Kingdom-based streaming services and live TV such as BBC iPlayer, use geo-blocking to block access from outside the UK. Here we set out, step-by-step, how to use a VPN to access ITV Hub from the US or anywhere else outside the UK: Get ExpressVPN Launch ExpressVPN and connect to a UK […]

Google Play Store country blocks Many of the applications that can be downloaded in most digital stores, such as the Google Play Store, are location-dependent. So if you’re in Country A, the apps available to you might be different from the apps available to someone in Country B. Why the difference? Well, the reasons vary. […]

Why do schools block Instagram? If you’re a student, you have your go-to places online, like Instagram, to decompress after those long lectures or your intense bouts of studying. Unfortunately, school admins may block access to the platform — by adding it to a blocklist, for example, or by preventing routers from accessing the Instagram […]

Want to unblock websites using your school Wi-Fi in just five minutes? Here’s how: Sign up for one of ExpressVPN’s packages by clicking here. Install the ExpressVPN app or a browser extension. Start the ExpressVPN app or open the browser and use the map or list to choose a server in your country. Voila! Now […]

Chances are by now you already know a bit about VPNs and what they do. Perhaps you’ve heard they’re useful for unblocking content on Netflix, or getting around internet restrictions at school or work, but you may want to develop a much better understanding of how they work before parting with any cash. Up until […]