Quick Reviews

Most VPN users have heard of Tor. But I2P (Invisible Internet Protocol) operates in a completely different space — it’s an anonymous overlay network built for peer-to-peer communication within its own ecosystem. And i2pd is the leading C++ implementation, one that ditches the Java dependency that makes the official I2P client a memory hog. So what makes i2pd worth knowing about? And more importantly — should VPN users actually care? ...

ExpressVPN’s Lightway protocol hits 850 Mbps on a 1 Gbps line — a 15% speed loss that beats every mainstream competitor in our 2026 benchmarks. And it belongs to Kape Technologies, the company behind Crossrider, whose adware software triggered malware alerts on over 25 million machines before the pivot into VPN ownership. So that tension — engineering excellence versus controversial corporate ownership — is the real story here. But most VPN review sites won’t touch it. ...