As Grok investigations begin, VPNs are looking more appealing than ever
Back in the early days of the internet and social media, we were very naive about our data (or, I was, at very least). Sure, we'd see those posts that said "Look out! Facebook owns every photo you upload" but we didn't turn to VPNs, we just shrugged and thought "So what? That's just a technicality. Mark Zuckerberg doesn't care about our selfies", little knowing that everything we posted, said, and did, was being mined for information about us so that algorithms could manipulate us based on the whims of the highest bidder. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS:The new French social media restrictions (and possible VPN ban) make me think the idealistic vision of the internet is now deadIt depresses me that the UK Pornhub restrictions will probably boost VPN sales more than anything else going on in the worldProxy vs VPN - what's the difference?
Back in the early days of the internet and social media, we were very naive about our data (or, I was, at very least). Sure, we'd see those posts that said "Look out! Facebook owns every photo you upload" but we didn't turn to VPNs, we just shrugged and thought "So what? That's just a technicality. Mark Zuckerberg doesn't care about our selfies", little knowing that everything we posted, said, and did, was being mined for information about us so that algorithms could manipulate us based on the whims of the highest bidder.Read the rest of the story...
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The new French social media restrictions (and possible VPN ban) make me think the idealistic vision of the internet is now dead
It depresses me that the UK Pornhub restrictions will probably boost VPN sales more than anything else going on in the world
Proxy vs VPN - what's the difference?
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