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Privacy & Security
4 reviews in this category. All long-term tested.
Proton Pass (2026) review: a password manager that is finally boring, in the best way
Eight weeks as the only password manager on three devices, including a full migration off an incumbent and the part everybody skips — testing what happens when you try to leave.
Proton Pass has spent two years catching up on the unglamorous parts and has arrived somewhere genuinely competitive. Autofill is now reliable across browsers and mobile, the migration path off other managers works without hand-editing CSV files, and export is complete and unencumbered, which is the test most of this category quietly fails. It is bundled with a Proton subscription many privacy-minded users already pay for, which changes the value calculation substantially. Bitwarden remains the better standalone choice on price and on open-source auditability; 1Password remains better on polish and on family sharing.
YubiKey Bio review: a fingerprint-bound security key that earns its premium
After three months of daily authentication use, the YubiKey Bio is the most usable hardware security key we've tested for non-technical household members. The price is real.
The YubiKey Bio adds an on-key fingerprint sensor to Yubico's flagship FIDO2 / WebAuthn / OTP platform. Three months of daily testing across four reviewers found the fingerprint sensor reliable, the multi-protocol support intact, and the user-presence story improved. Earns 8.3 with explicit pricing caveats and a household-fit note.
Bitwarden vs. 1Password (2026): the comparison nobody finishes the same way twice
Both are excellent. Both have weaknesses. We've tested them in parallel for six months and we'll explain when each is the right pick.
Bitwarden and 1Password are the two password managers we recommend without qualification. They differ on a small number of axes that should drive the choice — open-source posture, family / team management, polish, and price. After six months of parallel use, our default recommendation depends on the user's threat model, not on a winner.
Proton VPN review (2026): the rare VPN that mostly does what it says
After six months of testing across nine countries, Proton VPN remains the only commercial VPN we'll comfortably recommend, with the caveat that no commercial VPN is the right answer to most threat models.
Across six months of daily use, Proton VPN delivered consistent throughput on its Plus tier, demonstrably independent server architecture, and a verifiable no-logs claim backed by an annual third-party audit. The free tier remains the strongest in the industry. Earns Editor's Pick at 8.8 — but read the threat-model section before you buy.