Orchid nanopayments for its VPN service can now be bridged onto eight additional blockchains via the company’s layer 2 system.
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New VPN Called 'Exidio dVPN' Runs on Sentinel's Node Network
Exidio is a new decentralized VPN application that uses the Sentinel blockchain, which itself is part of the Cosmos ecosystem. “Exidio dVPN is rewriting the true definition of what it means to be a VPN. This is made possible by the Sentinel blockchain where all the global, distributed nodes are sharing their available and unused bandwidth. So as long as the Sentinel blockchain stays active, the network of nodes that offer bandwidth to the network remain active.” Exidio claims that traffic is end-to-end encrypted with proven no data logging.
Security Tips for Holiday Visits – TMO Daily Observations 2021-11-24
Andrew Orr joins host Kelly Guimont to discuss security tips for traveling, and some good things to check when you get to your Turkey Day Destination.
5 Decentralized Services for VPN, Web Browsing, Messaging, and More
One of the promises of blockchain is that it will enable Web3. While it may not be here yet, there are decentralized services you can use today.
Security Friday: News, Leaks vs Breaches, Metadata – TMO Daily Observations 2021-08-27
Andrew Orr joins host Kelly Guimont to discuss data leads vs data breaches, security news, and what metadata actually entails.
VPN Features, Apple Pay Mechanics – TMO Daily Observations 2021-08-03
Bryan Chaffin and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont to discuss VPN features and how exactly Apple Pay simultaneously works and keeps you secure.
Update to ProtonVPN Adds WireGuard Protocol, iOS Kill Switch
WireGuard is a new VPN protocol (and VPN itself) designed to be faster and more efficient than IPsec and OpenVPN. It passes network traffic over UDP. In its latest update, ProtonVPN has added support for WireGuard as a beta feature. Another feature for the iOS app is the Kill Switch which was previously only found on the desktop version. The Kill Switch will stop all network connections on your system if the VPN connection drops to prevent accidental IP leaks.
Mozilla VPN Expands to Seven More Countries, Increases Price
Mozilla has added seven additional countries to its VPN service, and raises the price for new users.
Mozilla’s virtual private network (VPN) service has arrived in seven more countries, including Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.
It will honor the $4.99 a month price for customers from the US, Canada, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, and New Zealand, who signed up already. But from now on that price will only be available for customers who sign up for a year. Otherwise the fee rises to $7.99 a month for a six month deal or $9.99 for a month of access.
Ukraine Authorities Seize Unencrypted Windscribe VPN Servers
VPN provider Windscribe said its servers were not encrypted, enabling authorities to create decoy servers and snoop on web traffic.
The Ontario, Canada-based company said earlier this month that two servers hosted in Ukraine were seized as part of an investigation into activity that had occurred a year earlier. The servers, which ran the OpenVPN virtual private network software, were also configured to use a setting that was deprecated in 2018 after security research revealed vulnerabilities that could allow adversaries to decrypt data.
Oh come on, VPN servers that weren’t encrypted?
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Best VPNs For MacBooks
Listener Jerry asked for the best free VPNs in Mac Geek Gab 879. We went through a few, including Free VPNs: Proton and ListVPN, and Paid VPNs: NordVPN and ExpressVPN.