VPN & Encryption
Discord Enables E2E Encryption for All Voice and Video Calls
Discord has rolled out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for voice and video calls by default, a meaningful upgrade for the platform's hundreds of millions of users. The change means that audio and video c...
Utah Age Verification Law Targets VPNs in First Amendment Fight
Most age verification laws focus on confirming a user's age before granting access to certain online content. Utah's latest amendments go a significant step further. The state's updated law takes dire...
Proton VPN's 2026 Roadmap: What It Reveals About Privacy Tech
Proton VPN has published its development roadmap for the first half of 2026, and the plans offer a revealing look at where consumer VPN technology is heading. The highlights include a migration to a n...
Turkey Targets VPNs Under New Social Media Law
Turkey has passed new legislation banning children under 15 from using social media platforms and requiring strict age verification across all major services. On the surface, the law reads as a child ...
Firefox 151 Adds Manual VPN Server Location Picker
Mozilla is rolling out a meaningful upgrade to its built-in VPN service with Firefox 151: the ability to manually choose your server location. Until now, the browser's VPN defaulted to connecting user...
Firefox's Free Built-In VPN: Game-Changer or Compromise?
Mozilla has quietly made a significant move in the privacy space: the latest version of Firefox now includes a free, built-in VPN that encrypts browser traffic and masks your online activity, no subsc...
VPN Money-Back Guarantees: What Buyers Need to Know
With VPN subscriptions surging in popularity, particularly following the introduction of the UK's Online Safety Act, more people than ever are signing up for privacy services for the first time. That ...
EU Parliament Limits Chat Control Scanning Until 2027
The European Parliament has voted to extend a temporary legal exemption that permits online platforms to voluntarily scan private communications for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The extension p...
Russian Hackers Are Hijacking Home Router DNS Settings
A sophisticated DNS hijacking campaign linked to the Russian military has compromised more than 5,000 consumer devices and over 200 organizations, according to new reporting from cybersecurity researc...
Ireland's Surveillance Bill Could Legalize Police Spyware
Ireland is advancing a new Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill that would grant police the legal authority to deploy commercial spyware, including tools from controversial vendors lik...