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How to create a family privacy policy for sharenting and online life
New YouGov research shows privacy matters to parents and children. Here’s how families can agree on shared rules for posts, apps, messages, location sharing and growing independence. Families have r...
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The hidden retention crisis in open source (and how FOSSASIA is solving it)
I spent the weekend watching young developers at a FOSSASIA hackathon do something that would likely trigger an HR review in the corporate world: they were actively helping their competitors. When one...
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We bet big on Rust. But what does it actually take to keep it alive?
When we tore down our Lightway protocol last year and rebuilt it from scratch in Rust, the engineering logic was airtight. We wanted absolute memory safety. We wanted a codebase that security auditors...
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How we engineered a way to restrict child sexual abuse material without looking at your data
Our new partnership with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) proves that strong encryption and targeted CSAM prevention can coexist through careful DNS engineering. For years, the fundamental operatin...
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VPN protocols explained and compared: Which is best for speed, security, and everyday use?
When installing and using a VPN, you can usually choose a protocol like OpenVPN, WireGuard, or Lightway, ExpressVPN’s own high-speed protocol built for better performance and reliability. VPN protoc...
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Why ExpressVPN switched from C to Rust for Lightway's code
We have just rolled out a new version of Lightway to users—one that sees our pioneering VPN protocol rewritten in Rust programming language. Here we wanted to take a moment to discuss some of the mo...
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Lightway upgrade: Integrating ML-KEM for post-quantum security
Encryption is always evolving, and so are we. When Kyber emerged as a trusted frontrunner in the race to secure the post-quantum world, we integrated it into Lightway to ensure your data stayed ahead ...
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How our dedicated IP maintains anonymity
One primary benefit of using a VPN is getting a new IP address, hiding your real one from websites you visit. When you use ExpressVPN, the only information that a website or attacker can glean about y...
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Lightway: Leading the charge with Kyber, now the official post-quantum encryption standard
At ExpressVPN, we’re always innovating to protect our users against even the most sophisticated attacks. This is why we integrated the Kyber encryption algorithm into our Lightway protocol long befo...
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With ExpressVPN, your IP changes for every site
When you connect to ExpressVPN, your device is assigned a different IP address—one owned by ExpressVPN and shared by numerous users. This change of IP address increases your anonymity: If someone lo...
