If you use a VPN to Internet privacy? This depends, experts say

And ‘certain that many of the nonsense to say that you are pursued up to online, recorded or monitored by someone. Whether an advertiser always your attention is that you made on the basis of window shopping during the days before, suggesting Facebook friends to you based on interactions on Instagram or your Internet service provider (ISP) may be a statement Send in a copy groped for illegal download midsummer, someone knows what you do online. can so attractive is therefore a virtual private network (VPN), a service that hides your online activities, sound. A VPN is a secure encrypted connection from the device to the Internet to hide your IP address and online traffic. From there, depending on the choice of VPN, you can do it in the first place to search than to the network from any location, without revealing where you actually are. It will not be completely anonymous online, but they can help keep your private browsing data, usually at the expense of a small dip in internet speed. “VPN exploded in the market because the data protection rollback governs large Federal Communications Commission’s band in 2017, because people generally do not trust their ISP,” says Jerome Joseph, policy advice at the Center for Democracy and Technology, privacy protection organization in line. “And they saw the VPN as a way to avoid the watchful eye of their ISP.” Signed the repeal into law by President Donald Trump, your blank check your ISP’s web traffic data relating to marketing, finance companies and other interested parties, all without your consent to sell. Now that ISPs are able to sell and profit from your web traffic, it makes sense that so many people are interested in protecting their businesses. But VPN may not be a panacea when it comes to data protection, experts say. “Most of the time, the VPN only your risk move,” said Gennie Gebhart, associate director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an advocacy group digital privacy. “They do not eliminate the risk privacy”. This is because a VPN how to protect your order is nosy ISP must have the web traffic to see – so if you want to use one, make sure it is one you can trust. How can you say that VPN is on your side? And that play fast and loose with your data? The price is a great tribute. “In general, I think users of free VPN to stay away,” says Joseph. “There is no such thing as free; Your data on their product.” Most VPN services to popular payment usually cost about $10 per month. Other factors, such as a VPN server location or locations, the registration policies of the data and definitive answers to requests for information from law enforcement agencies are all so as to control is worth considering, but they do not guarantee protection . “The laws may change in the country where it is based [VPN],” said Gebhart. “It ‘a moving target, the determined VPN law.” There are tools that you can pick up a VPN help. VPN database that never Privacy Site makes it easy to compare and contrast the different services according to the needs. Still searching for, with more than 180 items, you could be there for a while ‘. Although it may not be fully able to trust your VPN when it comes to protecting sensitive data, this does not mean that the use is inherently bad. Some companies like Bear VPN tunnels have gone on to earn a little ‘more user trust, shooting for an unbiased review of its independent security company to services. In 2016, the Cure53 company, a security company, the sites and services presented checks for vulnerabilities. The advantages of this movement, there are two reasons: it provides companies like Bear Tunnel with information to strengthen security measures and instill confidence in potential customers. After the audit performed Tunnel Bear, companies like NordVPN – the one that says no user data log – also participated in independent safety tests. While Gebhart says this is a step in the right direction, it is not yet sure guarantee. “It does not mean that I can recommend,” he says. “And that does not mean you can trust them. But it is an important fact.” However getting the benefits of using a VPN, it is worth considering half depending on what you are looking for. You can help ISPs and other pursuers, protect your data safe. But if you think any of use to protect themselves from hackers, you can not disturb need. The Internet is increasingly widespread adoption of the HTTPS security protocol, which brought traffic between himself and an HTTPS support is total encrypted site to a secure Internet use, Wired reports. And it’s only getting better. A report in line W3Techs different technological standards used persecuted, says 65% of the top million websites use HTTPS encryption. Yet safety standards as HSTS – completely rejects all non-guaranteed web traffic – are accepted, even if only 10% of the top million so far to use the latest pages of security protocol. Want to protect yourself without hitting a few shots of pasta cough? Gebhart believes that people are the foundation of mastery navigation before paying to consider a VPN. This means that a policy focused Web browser such as Brave selection or engine as the DuckDuckGo search, a password manager up-to-date to create and securely store unique passwords and enable two-factor authentication on your devices and services as to keep as much as possible. What to protect the Boogeyman trying to see your Internet traffic? “Many of the risks they now use are less common concern,” said Gebhart. “You could even say that they are gone.”
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