Category: vpn
Ukraine VPN launches new improved apps
ClearVPN has just released a new more intuitive design across all its apps. It’s the second time the Ukraine VPN has undergone a major revamp to help its users, in and outside the country, to browse the open internet with improved security. Launched in 2020, the ClearVPN 2 update rolled…
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Brave browser under fire for installing its VPN without user permission
Once thought of as a reliable privacy-first web browser, new revelations shed a new light on Brave‘s approach to transparency. The browser has been automatically installing its two VPN services on Windows devices without users’ consent since 2022, Ghacks.net reported. The firm responded to this by claiming these additional tools…
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Apple and Google bow to pressure in Russia to remove Kremlin critic’s tactical voting app
Apple and Google have removed a tactical voting app created by the organization of jailed Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny, from their respective mobile app stores in Russia. Earlier this week Reuters reported that the Russian state had been amping up the pressure on foreign tech giants ahead of federal elections…
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Nym gets $6M for its anonymous overlay mixnet to sell privacy as a service
Switzerland-based privacy startup Nym Technologies has raised $6 million, which is being loosely pegged as a Series A round. Earlier raises included a $2.5M seed round in 2019. The founders also took in grant money from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research fund during an earlier R&D phase developing the…
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ProtonMail gets a slick new look, as privacy tech eyes the mainstream
End-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail has refreshed its design, updating with a cleaner look and a more customizable user interface — including the ability to pick from a bunch of themes (dark and contrasting versions are both in the mix). Last month the Swiss company officially announced passing 50M users…
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Apple’s new encrypted browsing feature won’t be available in China, Saudi Arabia and more: report
Apple announced a handful of privacy-focused updates at its annual software developer conference on Monday. One called Private Relay particularly piques the interest of Chinese users living under the country’s censorship system, for it encrypts all browsing history so nobody can track or intercept the data. As my colleague Roman…
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