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Several major VPN providers publish either warrant canaries, transparency reports that list law-enforcement or government data requests, or both. Examples documented in the available reporting include...
YouTube alternatives and tactics that claim to let users watch age-restricted videos without AI-based identity checks fall into two broad categories: third-party front-ends and geolocation/IP workarou...
Court-tested “no-logs” claims have both been upheld and pierced: Windscribe’s founder had criminal charges dismissed in April 2025 after the company could not provide user data , while multiple long-d...
Several VPN providers have demonstrably complied with government or law‑enforcement requests, producing records that contradicted marketing claims of total anonymity; notable, documented examples incl...
Polling and third‑party lists consistently place wire services and public broadcasters—especially The Associated Press and Reuters—and outlets like BBC and PBS among the most factual and least biased;...
Court-tested no-logs claims are the strongest real-world evidence a VPN can offer: several providers — notably Private Internet Access, ExpressVPN, OVPN and others — have faced subpoenas, server seizu...
There are multiple practical alternatives to Tor for reducing DNS leaks — most guides and vendors recommend using a reputable VPN with built‑in DNS‑leak protection, encrypted DNS (DoH/DoT), or privacy...
Not seeing obvious throttling when using Tor does not prove an ISP "accepts" Tor; it means the ISP either has no active policy or detection in place, tolerates Tor traffic under current conditions, or...
Consumers can check whether their credit card data is being traded on the dark web by using dedicated dark-web monitoring services, reviewing financial statements and credit reports for signs of fraud...
Consumers can spot dark-web-sourced credit card fraud by monitoring statements for small “card‑testing” charges, running dark‑web scans for exposed credentials, and contacting issuers immediately to b...
Mainstream wire services and public broadcasters — notably Reuters and the BBC — are repeatedly cited by aggregator lists and media‑analysis roundups as among the most neutral sources (see Reuters and...
You’ve likely missed a website because the web contains countless “hidden gems” and niche directories that don’t get mainstream distribution; publications today regularly compile lists of obscure or u...