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Australia's eSafety Commissioner Wants Platforms to Actively Detect VPNs
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Australia's eSafety Commissioner Wants Platforms to Actively Detect VPNs

FOI documents obtained by The Guardian in early July 2026 show Australia's eSafety Commissioner expects platforms to …

The UK Promised a VPN Statement for July 2026. Here's What's Likely In It.
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The UK Promised a VPN Statement for July 2026. Here's What's Likely In It.

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall says the UK government will detail new VPN measures in July, alongside AI chatbot …

Congress Questions Whether Using a VPN Could Weaken Your Surveillance Protections
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Congress Questions Whether Using a VPN Could Weaken Your Surveillance Protections

Ahead of the April 2026 FISA Section 702 renewal deadline, Democratic lawmakers asked DNI Tulsi Gabbard whether …

ExpressVPN Expands to 214 Server Locations, Its Largest Network Ever
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ExpressVPN Expands to 214 Server Locations, Its Largest Network Ever

ExpressVPN announced on July 7, 2026 an expansion to 214 app-selectable server locations across 113 countries, adding …

NordVPN Passes Its Sixth No-Logs Audit, This Time From Deloitte Lithuania
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NordVPN Passes Its Sixth No-Logs Audit, This Time From Deloitte Lithuania

Deloitte Lithuania spent five weeks examining NordVPN's server infrastructure under ISAE 3000 and found no logs. Here's …

NordVPN Quietly Rebuilt Its Obfuscated Servers on a New Protocol
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NordVPN Quietly Rebuilt Its Obfuscated Servers on a New Protocol

NordVPN's Obfuscated Servers now run on NordWhisper instead of OpenVPN, promising stronger obfuscation, faster speeds, …

Oxylabs Raised $130M While Fighting Reddit in Court. Here's Its Link to NordVPN.
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Oxylabs Raised $130M While Fighting Reddit in Court. Here's Its Link to NordVPN.

Oxylabs just closed a $130M funding round while defending a Reddit lawsuit over data scraping. The company shares …

Google Will Use Your IP Address for Ad Tracking in Europe Starting August 2026
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Google Will Use Your IP Address for Ad Tracking in Europe Starting August 2026

From August 3, 2026, Google will use IP addresses for ad personalization across the EEA, UK, and Switzerland, a change …

Malaysia Cracks Down on VPN Misuse, Not VPN Use, to Protect Children Online
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Malaysia Cracks Down on VPN Misuse, Not VPN Use, to Protect Children Online

Malaysia is toughening enforcement against VPNs used for scams, gambling, and CSAM, while confirming that using a VPN …

Russia Scraps Its Planned VPN Traffic Tax (For Now)
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Russia Scraps Its Planned VPN Traffic Tax (For Now)

Russia's Digital Development Ministry confirmed on July 7, 2026 it will not charge users for VPN and international …

FortiBleed: 73,000+ Fortinet VPN Credentials Leaked, Now Linked to Lynx Ransomware
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FortiBleed: 73,000+ Fortinet VPN Credentials Leaked, Now Linked to Lynx Ransomware

A leaked database of Fortinet FortiGate VPN credentials, built with a 45-GPU cracking cluster, has been tied to the INC …

The State of VPNs in Mid-2026: Censorship, Leaky Apps, and an Uneven Security Race
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The State of VPNs in Mid-2026: Censorship, Leaky Apps, and an Uneven Security Race

Four stories from the past few months, Russian site-level blocking, a mobile VPN leak study, uneven post-quantum …

281 Android VPN Apps Tested. 29 Leaked Everything They Promised to Hide.
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281 Android VPN Apps Tested. 29 Leaked Everything They Promised to Hide.

A University of Michigan study built the first large-scale mobile VPN auditing tool. It found DNS leaks, unencrypted …

Russia's VPN Crackdown Just Changed Tactics: Now the Sites Themselves Are Blocking You
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Russia's VPN Crackdown Just Changed Tactics: Now the Sites Themselves Are Blocking You

Ozon, Kinopoisk, and other major Russian platforms began blocking VPN users on April 15, shifting enforcement from the …

Apple Pulled VPN Apps From Russia's App Store: What It Means for Access to Circumvention Tools
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Apple Pulled VPN Apps From Russia's App Store: What It Means for Access to Circumvention Tools

Apple removed VPN and proxy apps including Streisand, V2Box, v2RayTun, and Happ Proxy Utility from the Russian App …

ExpressVPN Launches the First Meta Quest VPN and a Hybrid Browser Extension
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ExpressVPN Launches the First Meta Quest VPN and a Hybrid Browser Extension

ExpressVPN launched a standalone VPN app for Meta Quest headsets and a hybrid browser extension that switches between …

India Plans a New Law for VPN Providers: What Users Should Know
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India Plans a New Law for VPN Providers: What Users Should Know

A July 2026 report says India is drafting a new VPN law after its 2022 rules failed. Local offices, compliance officers, …

PIA Passes Its Third No-Logs Audit, This Time by Deloitte Romania
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PIA Passes Its Third No-Logs Audit, This Time by Deloitte Romania

Private Internet Access just passed its third independent no-logs audit, conducted by Deloitte Audit Romania under the …

EU Parliament Vote Fails to Block Chat Control Extension: What It Means for VPN Users
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EU Parliament Vote Fails to Block Chat Control Extension: What It Means for VPN Users

MEPs voted 314 to 276 to block the Chat Control 1.0 extension on July 9, 2026, but fell short of the 360 votes needed. …

SonicWall VPN Flaw Exposed 70+ Banks: What Happened and What to Do
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SonicWall VPN Flaw Exposed 70+ Banks: What Happened and What to Do

A SonicWall SSL-VPN vulnerability let ransomware group Akira breach Marquis Software and expose data at 70+ banks and …

Android 16 Bug Can Silently Expose VPN Traffic: What We Know
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Android 16 Bug Can Silently Expose VPN Traffic: What We Know

Researchers found a bug in Android 16 that can leak VPN traffic outside the tunnel without warning. Here is what that …

UK VPN Downloads Keep Surging as Ofcom Enforcement Lags Behind
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UK VPN Downloads Keep Surging as Ofcom Enforcement Lags Behind

VPN downloads in the UK have jumped as much as 1,800% since age-verification rules under the Online Safety Act took …

NordVPN's Q2 2026 Update Pushes It Further Into Antivirus Territory
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NordVPN's Q2 2026 Update Pushes It Further Into Antivirus Territory

NordVPN's Q2 2026 roundup rebrands Threat Protection Pro as an antivirus platform, adds worldwide scam call protection, …

Nebraska's Age-Verification Law Just Took Effect. Here's What It Means for VPN Users.
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Nebraska's Age-Verification Law Just Took Effect. Here's What It Means for VPN Users.

Nebraska's social media age-verification law took effect July 1, 2026. Here is what it actually does, how it compares to …