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How & Why To Use a VPN
Different Threats, Technology, Mobile Apps, and More.
Privacy, Not Illegality
There are some people who believe that if they’re doing nothing “wrong” or “illegal” that there’s no harm in companies collecting their data.
I’m not one of those people.
Instead, I’m one of those people who believe that privacy is a foundational, human right, especially if we’re doing nothing “wrong” or “illegal”. Take, for instance, driving our cars…
Even if you weren’t doing anything illegal, would you be comfortable knowing that a company was keeping track of exactly where you drove and for how long your car was parked at every location? This kind of data collection about your day-to-day behavior rightly sounds outrageous.
And yet: this is exactly what’s happening to us when we go online, something I’ll detail in a moment. As a result, one of the tools I use to reclaim some of my digital privacy is a VPN.
Back in 2019, I covered the topic of how to properly choose a VPN (or “Virtual Private Network”) provider in my newsletter. It was an early and popular topic because — of all the subjects I write about — VPNs generate the most questions from my readers and clients. In fact, it was my readers’ questions that caused me to…
