Mozilla is introducing two new privacy features for its VPN service, the company said Tuesday. Multi-Account Containers, the popular Firefox feature that helps keep your various online activities isolated from one another, is now available on the Mozilla VPN desktop app. And Mozilla VPN’s multi-hop feature that routes your VPN connection through two different servers …
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VPN by Google One is now being rolled out to iOS devices, Google revealed on its blog Tuesday. It’ll be available to Google One members on Premium plans of 2TB and higher, and they’ll be able to share their plan and the VPN with up to five family members across both Android and iOS. iOS users can access the VPN …
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Surfshark and NordVPN, two of CNET’s top picks for virtual private networks, share ties to the same company, according to new reports. Vytautas Kaziukonis, founder and CEO of Surfshark, revealed Thursday to Lithuanian news site Verslo žinios that Surfshark was developed with the help of Tesonet, a Lithuanian IT business incubator and accelerator based in Vilnius, according to a report from TechRadar. (The original …
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If you’re one of the many that transitioned to working from home, your sensitive workplace data might not be as secure as it was when you were back in the office. One of the best ways to keep your digital data secure is with a VPN, which hides your IP address and encrypts any sensitive data that you send and …
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Are you traveling overseas, or temporarily outside your home country for any reason? If you’re looking to watch your favorite Netflix content while away from home, you may find that it’s not available where you’re traveling. This can be frustrating, especially when you’re a paying Netflix subscriber. But the reality is that, due to licensing agreements with copyright holders, Netflix …
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The Zoom video meeting and chat app skyrocketed in popularity as millions of people looked for new ways to work, study and socialize amid the coronavirus pandemic. With the option to customize your background and newer features such as Immersive View and a vanishing pen tool, it’s easy to see why Zoom’s popularity hasn’t dwindled even as COVID-19 vaccines and …
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Public concern over web tracking is higher than ever. That concern has been mounting for well over a decade, but we’re not much better off now than we were then — pervasive tracking and rampant data collection is still the lay of the land all these years later. Websites and apps deploy trackers that follow us all over the internet …
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No one wants to leak their private information as they browse the web. Chrome, Safari, Firefox and other popular browsers can help keep your data away from prying eyes. The caveat, however, is that securing those browsers means setting up a few security-minded extensions or tweaking privacy settings in preferences. There is one browser — with its own privacy-focused search …
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It’s almost that time of year. Following festive holiday dinners and gift exchanges, many switch focus to the new year and their 2022 goals. Although exercising, organizing that clutter room or even reading more may be on the list of resolutions, what about boosting your personal privacy and better protecting your data while searching the web? You can always try …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Whether it’s family Zoom calls or entire offices going remote, more of our lives than ever are taking place in the online world. While that offers plenty of benefits, it brings its share of risks as well. Even if you use a secure browser and …
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