Lexie

Lexie is the blog's resident tech expert and gets excited about empowerment through technology, space travel, and pancakes with blueberries.

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How to completely disappear online in 4 easy steps

Without protection, we quickly become transparent online. Law enforcement agencies, corporations, advertisers and even our peers can see every...
Encrypt Facebook with a PGP key
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Unhackable notifications: It’s easy to encrypt Facebook with a PGP key

Your Facebook account is valuable. It contains private chats, a list of your personal connections, and, if you use...
A mysterious, shrouded figure observes a glowing orb.
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Five BIG information security predictions for 2017

A year ago ExpressVPN made some predictions about what might happen in 2016. Some of these bold prophecies turned...
Did ExpressVPN predict the events of 2016?
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ExpressVPN’s 6 big data security predictions for 2016: Which ones came...

In January, ExpressVPN made some predictions about what might happen with information security during 2016. Were the predictions correct? Let’s...
2016 wasn't so bad
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Some good things did happen in 2016

This post was originally published on December 12, 2016. Everyone agrees 2016 has been terrible. Much-loved people died, catastrophes happened,...
OPSEC is an important part of secure communications
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What is OPSEC and why do you need it?

Keeping your communications secure is one of the most difficult challenges. No matter if you’re talking about business secrets,...
A network blueprint with keys to show how secure ExpressVPN is.
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ExpressVPN doesn’t offer a NAT Firewall because there’s no need to

If a VPN provider offers a NAT Firewall, it’s a good indication they assign each user a unique IP...
Say no the the EU link tax.
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Hyperlinks made the internet fabulous and they must not be taxed

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) changed the internet and catapulted it to the mainstream, but it may be under threat...
Tor Vs VPN: What to use?
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What’s best for internet privacy: Tor then VPN, or VPN then...

There's ongoing confusion about how VPNs and Tor compare in regards to privacy and anonymity and competing opinions on...
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Why websites should sprinkle salt on their hashes to protect your...

Despite their shortcomings, passwords are still the de facto standard for authentication on the web. ExpressVPN has already written about...
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