Privacy

At least in theory, Dausos is particularly appealing for privacy-focused individuals such as investigative journalists, physicians, political activists, asylum-seekers and others who deal with sensitive information and want stronger protections against VPN surveillance or data exposure. At the same time, because the protocol still delivers excellent speeds, it’s also perfectly suitable for bandwidth-heavy activities like streaming, gaming or torrenting. Moreover, if Surfshark eventually delivers on its promise of substantially faster speeds, Dausos could become an especially compelling option

Dausos’ biggest strength isn’t necessarily its speed -- at least not yet -- but rather its significantly more robust privacy infrastructure. The protocol introduces several meaningful security improvements, including post-quantum encryption, isolated tunnels for each user session, post-compromise security and randomized ports for each VPN connection.  Combined, these features make Dausos one of the more technically ambitious VPN protocols currently in development. The most exciting part, however, is that Dausos is still very much a work in progress.  If Surfshark can successfully refine the pr

While burner phones or devices are often associated with criminal activity, they’re also used by a wide variety of privacy-conscious people who don’t want to be tracked. The FCC’s proposed rules would effectively ban their use altogether and require “new and renewing” customers to provide identifying information.  “For decades, civil libertarians have looked overseas at authoritarian countries where the government requires people to register to get a mobile phone to ensure they can be tracked. We never thought that would happen here,” Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the American Civi

Digital privacy advocates argue that telecoms haven’t proven themselves to be good stewards of sensitive data. A 2019 investigation by Motherboard found that it was shockingly easy to buy real-time location data associated with cellphone numbers. These are often purchased by property managers and bail bondsmen through companies called location aggregators, but the data can also be sold on the black market. (The EFF sued AT&T over the practice, but the case was eventually dismissed.) In 2024, a wave of cyberattacks tied to the Chinese government targeted US internet providers such as AT&T, Veri