How to bypass social media blocks and increased surveillance in 2026

Hitting a firewall on your travels? From stealth VPNs to encrypted eSIMs, here is your definitive 2026 guide to bypassing social media blocks and escaping government surveillance safely abroad.

‘An important milestone’ — IPVanish gets bigger and expands its network to 150 locations worldwide

IPVanish’s boosted server network capacity especially targets North America and Europe to reduce peak-hour congestion.

Firefox’s free VPN now lets you pick your favorite server location

Mozilla has added location selection to Firefox’s free built-in VPN, letting users in five countries swap regions on the fly. Here’s how it works and what else is new in Firefox 151.

Android users have just gained access to a new VPN app as Obscura VPN lands on Google Play and Obtainum

Obscura VPN has officially arrived on Android, bringing its innovative two-party relay architecture to mobile users. The app is available now on Google Play and Obtainium with a 25% launch discount.

‘There is no universe in which Proton VPN compromises its no-logs policy’ — Proton joins the backlash against Canada’s surveillance bill

Proton VPN, NordVPN, and Windscribe are uniting against Canada’s controversial Bill C-22 surveillance law. Here is why these privacy giants are refusing to back down.

Your smart home devices are a major privacy risk – here’s how to secure them

Your smart home devices could be silently sharing your daily routine with ISPs and third parties. Here is how to lock down your network and reclaim your digital privacy using a router VPN.

Worried about the future of the internet? Tor launches crypto-powered fundraising initiative to secure internet freedoms — and your vote matters more than your wallet size

Internet freedom is facing a funding crisis. Here is how the Tor Project’s new crypto-powered crowdfunding campaign aims to sustain vital privacy-preserving and anti-censorship tools through “quadratic funding.”

‘Some aspects are as we intended and some are not’ — Mullvad addresses WireGuard exit-IP fingerprinting concern after researcher flags privacy risk

Is your VPN traffic as anonymous as you think? A security researcher just found a way to fingerprint Mullvad VPN users through exit IP patterns, prompting a swift response and an ongoing infrastructure patch from the provi…