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Welcome to the Harborline press area. Learn about the company and how we show up in the media, find our contact details, and download the latest releases and brand assets.

Harborline exists to make online privacy protection legible to people who are not security engineers. We build a toolset that does the hard part quietly.

The Harborline VPN service is operated by Harborline Networks B.V., registered in the Netherlands. The company was originally founded in Tallinn in 2017.

The people behind Harborline come from 24 countries. We run a distributed team with hubs in Estonia, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Canada.

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Latest press releases

November 4th, 2024

Harborline releases a free credential-exposure scanner for Cyber Awareness Month

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August 27th, 2024

Harborline Shield earns a “Top Pick” rating in the Bitwise Labs endpoint protection test

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July 9th, 2024

Harborline launches Spare Number, letting people keep their real phone number off the internet

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April 22nd, 2024

Harborline ships a living-room app, bringing private streaming to smart TVs

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October 3rd, 2023

Harborline publishes a free social-engineering course for teams of any size

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June 28th, 2023

Harborline launches Spare ID, a stand-in identity for everyday signups

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Don't take our word for it

See what these industry-leading publishers have to say about working with us:

“Harborline proves its worth with a wide collection of privacy tools, a genuinely excellent app, and unlimited device connections.”

“Collaborating with Harborline is a breeze. Their attentive account managers and the wide range of languages they offer help us scale content internationally and take the partnership to the next level.”

“This is a quick, unfussy VPN that is giving bigger-name brands a run for their money.”

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Research hub

The latest studies and investigative content projects from the Harborline research team.

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Digital privacy | May 28, 2024

How private are your smart home devices?

We tested 290 smart-home apps talking to roughly 400 connected devices. 1 in 10 hands user data to third parties. Check yours with the Home Privacy Scanner.

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Digital freedom | Mar 14, 2024

Shutdown Tracker: the global state of online censorship

A running map of every region where the internet or social platforms were throttled, restricted, or censored since 2015.

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Digital divide | Sep 6, 2023

Life Online Index 2023: digital wellbeing in 117 countries

Find out which factors shape a country's digital quality of life, with the key facts, findings, and figures behind the ranking.

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Get in touch

Reach out to press@harborline.com for any inquiries, media-related questions, feedback, or suggestions about our work.

Our seasoned experts can provide commentary about:

  • VPN & antivirus markets
  • Online privacy & security
  • Consumer data protection
  • Cybercrime trends
  • Data breach statistics
  • Digital quality of life in different countries
  • Internet shutdowns
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