Tag: VPN Privacy & Security
Revealed: X knows where you are, but YouTube doesn’t care
Surfshark has conducted a review of location-hungry social media apps, including X, Instagram, and Snapchat Of the 10 social media apps analyzed, X demands the most granular location data Data was collected in August 2025 from the Apple App Store Think you’ve got your privacy covered? It could be time…
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Russia’s WhatsApp rival to be pre-installed on new smartphones and tablets from September – here’s what we know
Max, a Russia-developed messaging app, must be pre-installed on every new device from September 1 The domestic RuStore app store is also to be forced onto Apple devices, after already being mandatory on Android Authorities are reportedly considering blocking WhatsApp, today’s most popular messaging app in Russia A Russia-developed messaging…
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Is Proton leaving Switzerland? “legal uncertainty” of proposed surveillance laws is pushing them to make several changes
Proton said the company has begun moving some of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland for fear of the new proposed surveillance law Lumo, the company’s newly launched privacy-first AI chatbot, is the first product to move An amendment to the current surveillance law would require VPNs and messaging apps…
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ExpressVPN adds WireGuard to support industry transition to post-quantum VPNs
ExpressVPN now supports the WireGuard protocol in a bid to promote the industry’s post-quantum transition Resistance to WireGuard by ExpressVPN resulted in the development of its Lightway protocol Post-quantum WireGuard has been added to Windows, iOS, and Android ExpressVPN apps, with macOS to follow ExpressVPN has decided to embrace WireGuard…
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Case dismissed – Wikipedia loses UK Online Safety Act legal challenge, but it may still be safe from age checks
The non-profit group behind Wikipedia has lost its legal challenge against the Online Safety Act The Wikimedia Foundation opposes the possibility of being subjected to the most stringent rules London’s High Court said the decision isn’t a “green light” for Ofcom to implement new rules if they impede Wikipedia’s operations The…
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This fake VPN could have been spying on you all this time
The malicious group VexTrio Viper developed and shared a host of fake apps via legit app stores, new research reveals Malicious applications include VPNs, ad-blockers, RAM cleaners, and even online dating services VexTrio Viper employs traffic distribution systems (TDSs) to spread malware and other online scams since at least 2015…
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