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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Something to hide: A pixelated iPhone
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Your secrets are your own: In defense of privacy

Society tends to tout transparency and openness as highly virtuous characteristics that are worth pursuing. Both corporations and individuals...
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ExpressVPN’s all encompassing, jargon-busting Bitcoin glossary

Much like the internet, the Bitcoin network introduced a vast array of new words to explain its unique functionality....
A hammer tries to brute force open a padlock.
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How brute-force cracking might reveal your password

In cryptography, a brute force attack attempts to decipher encrypted content by guessing the encryption key. This attack is...
Supreme Court building overflowing with data
5 mins

4 ways to back up your data securely

Photos, documents, saved video games, and old emails: We accumulate a lot of data throughout our lives. And just...
A house made up of blue servers and a blue roof on top
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How to make a small server for your home

Servers are just computers without screens and keyboards, but they can be relatively cheap to buy, compared with the...
A lock surrounded by several electronic items
2 mins

PGP is still pretty good for privacy

Many privacy advocates use PGP (GNU Privacy Guard/GPG in its open source form) to encrypt, sign, and verify data...
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Change your Firefox settings for a more private browsing experience

With just a few clicks, you can vastly improve your online privacy. Here are some tips for the popular...
A melting Bitcoin.
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What makes a cryptocurrency Bitcoin?

According to listings on coinmarketcap.com, there are now six major cryptocurrencies that all claim to be Bitcoin, and more...
Some pixelated people in a crowd
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5 fashion items you’ll need to fight a surveillance state

In a previous post, we looked at how to be incognito in the real world. Today, let’s dive deeper...
Internet fail key on computer keyboard.
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Did the internet fail to deliver on its early promises?

With its many predecessors and common interchangeable terminology, it’s hard to pin the internet’s birth date precisely, though it’s...
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