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How Wars Cut the Internet: What Iran and Russia Show, and What Actually Helps
Iran spent 88 days almost fully offline and Russia switches off mobile internet region by region. Here is what happened, what a VPN can and cannot do, and what you can prepare.
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The Binance Hack: What Happened, What Was Lost, and What It Means for You
Binance says about $6.3 billion was taken, the largest crypto theft on record. Here is what is confirmed, what is only reported, and what nobody knows yet.
Browser Fingerprinting: How Websites Recognize You Without Cookies
Nothing is stored on your device, so there is nothing to clear. Here is what fingerprinting measures, how well it works in practice, and what helps.
Do Ad Blockers Make Pages Load Faster? What the Measurements Show
Ads and trackers are a big share of what many pages download. What researchers measured, how blocking works, and what it costs.
Proxy vs VPN: What Each One Actually Hides
Both put another server between you and the web. They cover different traffic, protect it differently, and hide different things from different people.
Separate Browser Profiles for Work, Personal and Shopping: Why They Work
One browser, several separate lives. How profiles keep logins and cookies apart, what they do not protect, and how to set them up well.
What Is a User Agent String, and Why Do Websites Care?
Your browser names five other browsers every time it loads a page. The reason is thirty years of browsers pretending to be each other.