One of the world’s largest virtual private networks, ExpressVPN, said it’s shutting down its India-based bare-metal servers Thursday but will continue providing service to the country’s users via virtual servers. The move comes in response to recent Indian government directives requiring VPN providers to log customer data for five years or longer. ExpressVPN said India-based …

Editors’ note, Feb. 9, 2022: At the start of February, Surfshark and Nord Security announced that the two companies were merging, but they will continue to operate separately. We’re in the process of reevaluating both services, and will update our recommendations and reviews once that evaluation has concluded.       Even though Surfshark is newer than its more established and …

Editors’ note, Feb. 9, 2022: At the start of February, Surfshark and Nord Security announced that the two companies were merging, but they will continue to operate separately. We’re in the process of reevaluating both services, and will update our recommendations and reviews once that evaluation has concluded.       Even though Surfshark is newer than its more established and …

Microsoft Edge browser will be getting a built-in virtual private network soon, as revealed on a Microsoft support page Thursday. To get your monthly 1-GB ration of free VPN service, though, you’ll have to sign into Edge with your Microsoft account. The VPN service, powered by Cloudflare, is part of a larger Microsoft security push and is currently still in …

Up until spring 2021, only two of our leading password managers offered free service tiers that allowed you to synchronize and use a password manager across multiple devices. So when LastPass restricted its free service to use on a single device in March 2021, Bitwarden — the only other app with the same offer — sealed the deal and became …

A virtual private network allows you to create a more private connection between your computer and the internet over any network — whether that’s public Wi-Fi at an airport, your mobile carrier’s network or your own home network — by creating an encrypted tunnel through which your browsing information is sent. While VPNs can’t make you entirely anonymous, they are …

Virtual private network provider PureVPN began rolling out its latest privacy feature Tuesday, quantum-resistant encryption keys. The company said it aims to future-proof encrypted user traffic generated and captured today against the threat of potential decryption by quantum computers within the next decade. The VPN’s advance encryption keys were produced and deployed using the Quantum Origin platform, marking the first …

Surfshark VPN said Tuesday it will soon release updates to its popular virtual private network app, after it was among six popular VPNs dinged by AppEsteem researchers for unsound security design in an April report. Researchers revealed that the Surfshark app obtains an alarming amount of influence over a user’s device security by installing a risky piece of tech known …

If you’re having problems watching Netflix while using a virtual private network on your phone or laptop, you may have seen error code M7111-5059 displayed along with this message: “Whoops, something went wrong. Streaming error. You seem to be using an unblocker or proxy. Please turn off any of these services and try again.”  VPNs are legal in the US, …

If you use Mozilla Firefox and you haven’t updated your browser in a while, it’s time to get cracking. On Tuesday, Mozilla released the latest versions of its Firefox browser for download along with new privacy features for its mobile browser, while also offering emergency update patches for the two critical security vulnerabilities it disclosed Saturday.  In a security advisory …