Online Privacy (page 6 of 9)

Recently, there was a blog entry about a vulnerability that affects VPN providers offering port forwarding such as OVPN does. The vulnerability can expose the real IP address of a user connected to V…

A user on Reddit discovered that a newly bought Dell XPS 15 had a certificate installed that shouldn’t be there. A root certificate can generate certificates for all websites and applications as long…

Windows 8 introduced a function called 'Smart Multi-Homed Name Resolution' (SMHNR). SMHNR sends out DNS requests across all available network adapters in order to determine which adapter returns the q…

At OVPN, we want everybody to feel safe on the internet, and thus it’s our goal to provide knowledge and information on how to achieve this regardless if it’s VPN services or something else related to…

The new Windows 10 was released a couple of days ago, and for the first time ever, Microsoft is offering a free upgrade if you are using older versions, in this case Windows 7 or 8/8.1. This will mean…