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Do I Need a VPN Service

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Do you need a personal VPN service? If you Google around you will see that most people use VPN services to bypass the Internet restrictions from their countries, like in the Middle East or China. But a VPN can do so much more for you. The VPN works by encrypting all your Internet traffic and redirecting it via a VPN server, typically located in the USA. This will have two immediate effects: 1. Your Internet traffic will be obscured from anyone "listening" on the line. Even your ISP or company will have no idea as to what your actual Internet traffic really is. 2. Your real IP address will be hidden from the sites you visit, thus offering you anonymity while online. So even if you are in Wireless HotSpots, places that hackers often scout to find new victims, you will be protected when using the VPN. Firesheep, the Firefox plugin is a preferred tool of the trade and is extremely easy to use, even by amateur hackers, or "script-kiddies" as they are called in the underg...

Can I Use VPN Software For Any Program?

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VPN software has been in use for many years. In fact, this popular way of providing secure communication across the Internet is one of the first resources that came into heavy usage when people started telecommuting. VPN software allows the user to utilize the Internet as a means of providing a secure connection to a business server or another resource that needs to be kept unavailable to the public at large. If you started using VPN services for your work, you're probably familiar with starting up the VPN and then logging in on whatever application you need to be secured via the virtual private network. There's much more than this to a VPN, however. Versus Anonymizer Software There are quite a few programs out there that promise users anonymity online. Many of them are free. These services are generally bound to one particular program or another. For example, these programs sometimes anonymize your Internet surfing and require you to install a browser plug-in. The browser plug...