Privacy deep dives

Utiq is a new European adverting technology that claims to replace cookies with a more privacy-friendly alternative. We investigate.

2025 marked another challenging year for democracy and internet freedom. We use Proton VPN's unique insights to analyze censorship trends.

Surveillance or personalized pricing means the price you see is not the same others see. It's based on how much algorithms think you're able (or willing) to pay.

We look back at how citizens around the world turned to Proton VPN in 2025 to defeat internet and social media censorship.

Crunchyroll's transformation from pirate site to the world's default platform for fully-legal anime content is remarkable. But is it safe?

Discord is a wildly popular text, voice, and video chat platform, but is it safe? We take a deep dive to answer that question.

Omegle may be gone, but similar sites are just as risky to kids. Learn how to protect your child from dangerous chat apps and online predators.

Brazil is piloting a bold initiate that allows citizens to control and sell their personal data. Is this a good thing?

Instagram 's vanish mode allows you to send messages that disappear once they are read. It can be fun, but it is not secure.

What is UPnP, what is UPnP port forwarding, and should UPnP be on or off? We take an in-depth look at UPnP.

A burner phone is a disposable prepaid mobile phone intended for short-term use before being discarded. We take an in-depth look.

We take a detailed look at how governments censor online services like TikTok and how VPNs and other technologies can (and can't) overcome such bans.

In a spectacular about-face, Google has given the go-ahead to use unsafe and unfair ad tech tracking to identify internet users and track them across the web.

In 2024, Proton VPN provided free VPN access leading up to elections in countries with a history of disinformation and silencing political opponents.

We ran a survey in the Netherlands and found that 51% of Dutch adults are worried about their online privacy. See the rest of the results.

How safe a browser extension is depends almost entirely on how trustworthy its developer is. We take a deep dive.

Here's why you might want to consider a Discord alternative — and the pros and cons of seven other apps like Discord that you may want to switch to instead.

Is Telegram safe to use? As we’ll discuss in this article, that very much depends on how you use it.

Proton VPN doesn't use RAM-only VPN servers because we believe them to be marketing hype. In this article, we explain why.

Apple is facing a lawsuit claiming stalkers are tracking victims using AirTags. Here's what you should know about AirTag stalking and how to keep yourself safe.

Here’s how to flush your DNS cache across devices and operating systems — and why you might want to consider it.

We compiled a list of the best private, open source video conferencing alternatives to Zoom and Google Meet. Learn more from Proton VPN.

Private DNS encrypts DNS queries made by your device to a DNS server,but it isn’t needed when using a VPN.

The top alternatives to YouTube for video streaming, content creation, and more, that protect your data from Google and its advertisers.

Ewin attacks used to be a menace on public WiFi networks, but the widespread adoption of HTTPS has drastically reduced the risk.

Freenet is a decentralized, encrypted, open-source dark web notable for the ability to create closed and almost undetectable “darknets”.

Google’s new feature for its Chrome browser claims to help mask your identity, but the company’s business model is incompatible with privacy.

WPA3 is the latest security standard for keeping your WiFi connections secure, and a great improvement over its aging predecessor (WPA2).

Perfect forward secrecy ensures that even if an internet session is compromised, past and future sessions remain secure.