Thinking of looking at VPNs? Before discussing VPNs, let us look at what happens without one. Normally, every website you visit knows your “IP address”. With that information, they (and others that track what you do on the internet – such as Google and Facebook) can tie together your visits to different places and at …
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What is a VPN and do you need one?
VPN stands for “Virtual Private Network” and its purpose is to give you complete privacy in your internet activities There have been two different uses of the term “VPN”. The earlier use was in the case of an individual connecting to a work computer while away from that organisation’s internal, local, network. So, for example, …
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