VPN

As the government announces an increase in surveillance and internet restrictions more people could turn to privacy tools such as Virtual Private Networks.

China doesn’t have Pokémon Go, the augmented reality mobile game that’s become the latest craze. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a Chinese knockoff! City Elves Go has become the number one download in Chinese app stores.

Finding the Internet addresses of the downloaders was relatively easy. ... But it was a pyrrhic victory...

VPN services obfuscate the user’s real IP address by routing traffic through other international servers

Numerous users of Hola, the Chrome extension that allows you to watch blocked videos from other countries, were in for that rude awakening this week: the company had been discreetly selling their user’s bandwidth as a botnet service without their knowledge under a separate Luminati website.

Most of you should already be familiar with VPN (Virtual Private Network) and some of you are even using it on a daily basis. For those who are not aware, VPN allows you to route your web traffic through a third-party server and make your connection more safe and secure.