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No, I Won't Link to Your Spammy Article

Troy Hunt

I also have an article on [thing] and I think it would be a great addition to your blog. So now when people search for [thing], they'll hopefully end up here rather than on the spammy article thus penalising you for your behaviour. No, no it wouldn't and there are all sorts of reasons why not. kthanksbye!

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Popular VPNs are routing traffic via Chinese companies, including one with link to military

Malwarebytes

That’s according to a report from the non-profit Tech Transparency Project (TTP), who investigated the top 100 mobile VPN apps downloaded from Apple’s App Store as documented by mobile intelligence company AppMagic. Mobile VPNs are apps that connect your smartphone to the internet via different computers around the world.

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Does a VPN Slow Down Your Internet Speed?

Tech Republic Security

Can a VPN slow down your internet? Find out how VPNs can impact your internet speed with our article.

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Surveillance of the Internet Backbone

Schneier on Security

Vice has an article about how data brokers sell access to the Internet backbone. It’s useful for cybersecurity forensics, but can also be used for things like tracing VPN activity. This is netflow data. At a high level, netflow data creates a picture of traffic flow and volume across a network.

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Do VPNs Change or Hide Your IP Address?

Tech Republic Security

Find out in this article and discover what a VPN doesn’t hide. Will a virtual private network change your IP address?

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9 Reasons Why Everyone Should Use a VPN

CyberSecurity Insiders

Therefore, this article will look at various reasons why everyone should use VPNs. Reasons why everyone needs to use VPNs. Most VPNs are user-friendly and are created with well-detailed guides which are navigable by nearly anyone, even a technology illiterate individual. They are easy to use. Faster internet speed.

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Major Hotel Group Leaks 1TB of Customer Data

Adam Levin

Our team was able to access this server because it was completely unsecured and unencrypted,” announced VPN review website vpnMentor in a blog article describing their findings. . The personally identifiable information of children was included in several of the records.

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