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You can do a lot to protect yourself online, from using anonymous profiles, throw away email accounts, and using private browsing (incognito on chrome). To a VPN.
Most proxy and vpn services are pretty crap. They either log what you do, break the ssl connection, or simply gather your data and sell it to others. Inject ads, etc.
So paying for a professional one that values security and privacy and has been in the business and proven themselves ... is important.
Why use one?
Not everything online is worth browsing to, but you still do. You might get temped to try a torrent, or just wish to browse sites with links and images, but aren't sure what the next click might bring you. or visit sites that are high in traffic but have loads of ads on them. Maybe you wish to have hulu playing but you're from the EU and they block EU countries, etc. Be it legit or grey-area reasons. A VPN sorta hides who you are, encrypts the connection, and gives you the freedom to change your profile, fingerprint, and IP on the fly. Kinda helpful.
Do you use one yet? I do. it helped me get online on so many systems that are hiding behind a hardware firewall (think a school network, or bank, etc. just turn on vpn, use openDNS and boom you're online and no more restrictions).
Most proxy and vpn services are pretty crap. They either log what you do, break the ssl connection, or simply gather your data and sell it to others. Inject ads, etc.
So paying for a professional one that values security and privacy and has been in the business and proven themselves ... is important.
Why use one?
Not everything online is worth browsing to, but you still do. You might get temped to try a torrent, or just wish to browse sites with links and images, but aren't sure what the next click might bring you. or visit sites that are high in traffic but have loads of ads on them. Maybe you wish to have hulu playing but you're from the EU and they block EU countries, etc. Be it legit or grey-area reasons. A VPN sorta hides who you are, encrypts the connection, and gives you the freedom to change your profile, fingerprint, and IP on the fly. Kinda helpful.
Do you use one yet? I do. it helped me get online on so many systems that are hiding behind a hardware firewall (think a school network, or bank, etc. just turn on vpn, use openDNS and boom you're online and no more restrictions).
No promises!
