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In this article, we’ll look at DNS security, what it means for your businesses,and how using Proton VPN provides your business with the DNS security it needs.The Domain Name System (DNS) translates human-friendly domain names to numericIP addres

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris begins this July. While you’ve likely alreadymissed your chance to get a ticket and witness the best athletes from around theworld in person, there are plenty of ways to enjoy the games from the comfort ofyour hom

Every four years, the entire continent of Europe turns its eyes to see who willbe crowned as the continent’s champion of football (or soccer for theAmericans).This is the 17th edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, in which 24natio

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris begins this July. While you’ve likely alreadymissed your chance to get a ticket and witness the best athletes from around theworld in person, there are plenty of ways to enjoy the games from the comfort ofyour hom

Every four years, the entire continent of Europe turns its eyes to see who willbe crowned as the continent’s champion of football (or soccer for theAmericans).This is the 17th edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, in which 24natio

Since its debut in 1939, March Madness has grown into one of the most iconic andbeloved sporting events in the United States, streamed by millions of fans eachyear.For newcomers, March Madness features a thrilling single-elimination tournamentf

Location services refer to a combination of technologies used in devices likesmartphones and computers that use data from your device’s GPS, WiFi, mobile(cellular networks), and sometimes even Bluetooth connections to determine andtrack your geogr

As you surf the web using your browser, you’ll no doubt encounter websites thatyour browser will refuse to load, instead showing some variation of an errormessage, such as Your connection is not private or Warning: Potential SecurityRisk Ahead.

Your search history is a window into your inner life. Anyone with access to itknows what your hobbies and interests are, your sexual orientation andpreferences, the things that worry you (for example your medical concerns), yourpolitical affiliati

In an era of “smart devices” that often double as spy devices, AirTags aretracking tools that are open about their function and can be vital in helpinglocate lost items (as anyone who has lost their car keys can attest to).However, as a recent cla

A DNS cache is a record of all the websites you’ve visited over a set amount oftime. Simply put, your DNS cache is a list of websites you visited in the pastthat’s stored on your device. Your computer uses it to speed up visits to thosesame websit

We already shared our top picks when it comes to private YouTube alternativesand private WhatsApp alternatives. Now, we take a detailed look at the best freeZoom alternatives that respect your privacy.Zoom is a video-conferencing platform that be

This year, democracy is on the ballot. Over 60 countries that are home to nearly4 billion people — half the globe’s population — will hold national elections,meaning more people will vote in 2024 than ever before in history. This is awatershed mom

For over two years, Proton VPN has been one of a very few VPN services to offera full Linux app with a graphic user interface. After listening to ourpassionate and highly engaged community of Linux users, we’re now pleased toannounce our all-new L

Today, we’re happy to announce the official launch of Proton VPN for Business.Since 2016, Proton has been progressively bringing our privacy and securityservices to enterprises. Today, over 50,000 organizations around the world trustProton to secu

WE’VE COMPILED A FULL LIST OF RECENT REVIEWS OF PROTON VPN’S PAID VPN PLANS. ALLOF THESE REVIEWS ARE FROM INDEPENDENT REVIEW SITES.This post was updated in August 2023.Proton VPN receives consistently good reviews from professional technologyjo

The year 2022 represents a new low when it comes to online access to informationand freedom of expression. It was the twelfth year in a row that online freedomdeclined, according to Freedom House’s Freedom On the Net report. There weresome obvious

The internet was designed to facilitate the free exchange of ideas andinformation. However, organizations, governments, internet service providers,and hackers can all pose a threat to that freedom.Since the internet was created, we’ve seen geo-re

We’ve developed a new VPN protocol, Stealth, that can avoid detection and letyou bypass internet censorship and VPN blocks.We’re pleased to announce Stealth, a new, undetectable VPN protocol that canbypass most firewalls and VPN blocking methods.

You asked and we listened. Following months of hard work by our engineeringteam, we are excited to announce a feature that you, our passionate and highlyengaged community, have been clamoring for: port forwarding.Now available for our Windows VP

In 2017, we launched Proton VPN to defeat censorship and protect activists,journalists, and ordinary people on the internet. Since then, we’ve continued tobuild new features like NetShield Adblocker and, more recently, our unique VPNAccelerator fo

To protect the privacy of the Proton community, we are removing our VPN serversphysically located in India.This is in response to a new law in India that is going into effect in September2022 that would require the data centers we work with to be

We are happy to announce the addition of the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia,Egypt, and Nigeria to the Proton VPN network, with Georgia following in thecoming weeks. This brings our coverage to 61 countries, making Proton VPN one ofthe largest VPN

Proton VPN has a long history of developing new solutions to complex anddifficult problems, including ways to defeat attempts to block VPNs andadvertisers tracking users across the internet. As a company created byscientists who met at CERN, we ha

In this article, we’ll look at DNS security, what it means for your businesses,and how using Proton VPN provides your business with the DNS security it needs.The Domain Name System (DNS) translates human-friendly domain names to numericIP addres

Your remote workforce should be as digitally secure as any in-office workforce.Fortunately, the same tools that can enable you to operate a distributedworkplace, like VPNs and collaboration software, can help you keep your datasafe too.In this a

Businesses and other organizations use content filtering to block employees orcustomers from accessing certain online content.There are a few reasons they may do this: * To improve the security of office networks * To prevent customers, studen