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  • Deals: How VPNs Can Protect Your Online Privacy

    Now that Australian ISPs are officially required to collect metadata about customers communications, you may need to take online privacy into your own hands — and VPNs are the best way to do it. Virtual Private Network (VPN) software effectively encrypts your online activity to help you surf the web free from the prying eyes…


  • CSIRO: Most Mobile VPNs Aren’t Secure

    If you’re using a VPN app to secure your smartphone — maybe to download torrents, maybe to make your online banking a little more safe — then chances are, it’s not doing what it pretends to. A paper co-authored by CSIRO’s data science arm examined nearly 300 Android VPN apps and found that almost all…


  • Netflix Geo-Blocking Crackdown Hits PayPal Users

    The game of cat and mouse between Netflix and those customers trying to sneak into watching content from overseas libraries has taken an interesting turn, with e-payments service PayPal refusing to process payments from at least one virtual private network (VPN) provider.