Demystifying VPNs
Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast
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V P Ns - What's the Problem?
The v p n industry has grown to take in an estimated 30 billion dollars per year, partly through repeating unverifiable claims and exploiting customers fears of surveillance technology. Tropman said one big impetus for v p an adoption was edward snowdon's 20 13 leaks of nsa documents that showed how extensive american data collection could be. Another was us. Senate's 20 17 vote to block an f c c rule that would have prevented i s p from re selling data about consumer behavior. Many security experts in security focus web sights, including tom's guide, did and do still recommend using v p ns.
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