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VPNs Are Awesome And You Should Be Using One
Hacker Culture
English - February 23, 2018 01:23 - 9 minutes - 8.32 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsTechnology linux unix bsd programming coding open source software privacy security self hosting Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Peer-To-Peer: Our Only Hope.
Next Episode: YaCy: How To Search The Internet In Freedom and Privacy
VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. It is virtual since the computer acts like it is on another network when on your normal connection. The private part is where this matters to you. The VPN has end-to-end encryption so while you are connected to the VPN the data is jumbled and unreadable to any onlooker.
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