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Cloaked Review

4.0

Cloaked seamlessly protects your actual email behind temporary addresses. While pricey, it also protects your phone number, manages your passwords, and gives you identity theft insurance.

By Neil J. Rubenking
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Surfshark VPN Review

3.5

Surfshark offers all the perks of a top-tier VPN, including unlimited connections, a wealth of global servers, and intuitive apps. However, its monthly price is the highest among the services we've tested, upload speeds are slower than in our last review, and it runs unwanted background processes on Windows.

By Chris Stobing
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McAfee+ Review

4.0

With McAfee+, the company's top-tier security suite, you get protection for all your devices, guaranteed expert help for identity theft remediation, and innovative options to reduce your online exposure.

By Neil J. Rubenking
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UltraVPN Review

3.0

Replacing Kaspersky in the US, UltraVPN offers an enticing first-year price, but its limitations largely outweigh its benefits.

By Chris Stobing
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McAfee Total Protection Review

3.5

McAfee Total Protection offers security, VPN, and password management on all popular platforms, but unlimited device licensing is off the table, as are a variety of expected features.

By Neil J. Rubenking
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UltraAV Review

3.0

With UltraAV you get uncertified antivirus protection, an average VPN, and a basic password manager, at a higher price than better-known competitors.

By Neil J. Rubenking
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Norton Password Manager Review

2.5

Norton Password Manager is a free app for popular browsers and mobile devices that lacks useful features offered by the competition.

By Kim Key
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McAfee Total Protection for Mac Review

3.5

A McAfee Total Protection subscription defends your Macs and other devices. However, the macOS edition doesn't have all the features of the Windows version, and the independent labs haven't rated it.

By Neil J. Rubenking
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McAfee AntiVirus Review

4.0

McAfee AntiVirus gets near-perfect lab scores and does well in our tests, but it only protects one device.

By Neil J. Rubenking
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Mullvad VPN Review

4.5
Editors' Choice

Mullvad VPN has a sterling reputation for securing your connection and protecting your privacy, all for an unbeatable price.

By Chris Stobing
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Google Authenticator Review

3.5

Google Authenticator is a no-frills tool that will manage your MFA codes while collecting a lot of your data.

By Kim Key
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Authy Review

3.0

Authy's user interface makes the authentication app exceptionally easy to use, but hackers have found it easy to breach in recent years.

By Kim Key
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2FAS Review

4.5
Editors' Choice

Authenticating your online accounts is a secure and simple process with open-source 2FAS, which benefits from impressive browser extension performance and minimal mobile app data collection.

By Kim Key
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PreVeil Review

4.5
Editors' Choice

With PreVeil, you get free end-to-end encrypted secure cloud storage along with secure email that’s tough enough for business but extremely easy to use, all while keeping your existing email address.

By Neil J. Rubenking
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LastPass Review

3.5

Following a major security breach, LastPass is working to regain public trust. We like its tutorials for new users and the app's ease of use, but the company needs to make more changes to improve security further.

By Kim Key
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Bitdefender Home Scanner Preview

The free Bitdefender Home Scanner lists every device connected to your network, flagging those that could be vulnerable to attack. Advice on how to resolve those vulnerabilities is limited, though.

By Neil J. Rubenking
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Virtru for Google Gmail Review

4.0

Virtru for Google Gmail protects and retains email messages for free. The only minor catch is that you must use Gmail on Chrome to send encrypted messages.

By Neil J. Rubenking
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LogMeOnce Review

3.5

LogMeOnce offers plenty of options related to authentication, password inheritance, and security, though it lacks the polish of the competition.

By Kim Key
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Xecrets Ez Premium Review

4.5
Editors' Choice

You don’t have to pay a cent to encrypt, decrypt, or share files with Xecrets Ez, but upgrading to the affordable Premium edition makes it even easier to use.

By Neil J. Rubenking
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AxCrypt Premium Review

4.5
Editors' Choice

AxCrypt Premium makes encryption simple enough for anyone, and it even offers public key cryptography for secure sharing of encrypted files.

By Neil J. Rubenking
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