Privacy deep dives

The internet was founded on the idea that it would be a free and open space for expression. Unfortunately, internet censorship is becoming more common…

Our survey reveals US online data protection habits and how common data breaches are. As an organization building an internet where privacy is the default,…

AES is a fast, efficient, and secure encryption standard. Certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), AES is used by the United…

Update March 2023: While WireGuard continues to officially only support UDP, Proton VPN has now developed an implementation of WireGuard that runs over TCP. In…

Which countries have the most digital freedom? Digital freedom is something that much of society takes for granted, but, unfortunately, online liberty doesn’t exist for…

The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a VPN protocol used to secure the connection between your device and a VPN server. One of the oldest…

A virtual private network (VPN) provides privacy and a host of other benefits when connecting to the internet. Our blog post What is a VPN?…

If there has ever been a year that demonstrates how central the internet is to society, it is 2020. We have relied on the internet…

On May 14, the Senate reauthorized the USA Freedom Act, which extends the expansive domestic surveillance powers contained in the Patriot Act.  The original Freedom…