VPN & Encryption
Firefox's Free VPN Goes Unlimited Through August 31
Mozilla has quietly removed the bandwidth cap on Firefox's built-in VPN feature, making it unlimited through August 31. The offer gives users access to servers in 28 countries at no cost, with no mont...
NymVPN Mixnet Review 2026: Privacy vs. Speed Trade-Offs
Most VPNs encrypt your traffic content. NymVPN encrypts something more elusive: the metadata that reveals who you are, who you talk to, and when. That distinction is the entire premise of this NymVPN ...
Best VPN Settings for Streaming the 2026 World Cup
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is shaping up to be the most-watched sporting event in history, spanning three host countries and drawing a projected global audience of billions. For international viewers rel...
CVE-2026-0257: GlobalProtect VPN Auth Bypass Now Exploited
Palo Alto Networks has confirmed that a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in its GlobalProtect VPN product is being actively exploited in the wild. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0257, affec...
RCMP Confirms Bill C-22 Targets Encrypted Communications
Canada's federal government has repeatedly insisted that Bill C-22, its proposed lawful access legislation, does not threaten encryption. The RCMP has now directly contradicted that claim. During a pa...
Claude Mythos Finds CVE-2026-5194 Among 10,000+ Flaws
Anthropic's Project Glasswing has produced a striking result: its Claude Mythos AI model identified more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities across major software infrastructure in ...
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 ...