VPNs, when managed properly, are a great way to protect your privacy and keep your online activities hidden from prying eyes. But not all VPN services maintain the same security standards or take the ...

Denmark's government faced some intense scrutiny earlier this month when a drafted bill proposed regulating how virtual private networks (VPN) could be used by the public. Critics argued that ...

The best VPNs can make your online life more private with software that's convenient and cheap — sometimes even free. While keeping your IP address invisible, you can use your VPN to explore streaming ...

Security researchers have found that Urban VPN Proxy, a widely used free browser VPN extension with millions of installs, has been collecting and exporting full AI chat conversations from users’ ...

Who could have seen that coming? UK regulator Ofcom’s annual Online Nation report shows that major porn sites took a traffic hit following the introduction of mandatory age checks, while VPN use shot ...

Using a VPN to get around sports blackouts and geoblocks can help you stream games, but you may be breaking the terms of service of some streaming services. Sam ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Time for a reality check. Legislators and regulators are now blindly ...

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The UK government is facing calls to restrict children’s access to VPNs. The UK government is facing calls to restrict children’s access to VPNs. is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in ...

A hot potato: X, formerly known as Twitter, could soon include a disclaimer on user profiles that reveals whether they use a VPN. It comes a month after the company said it was planning to display ...

The social network X is expected to begin displaying in user profiles whether someone may be using a VPN to obscure their location. Based on a post in October about transparency on the platform ...

Google has issued an urgent warning to smartphone users following a massive, sustained surge in the installation of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). This exponential rise is a direct consequence of ...