ByFrank HIt was the night when the match between England and Germany took place in the iconic Wembley Stadium. I went to the website of Channel 4 by using the VPN that connected to the server node in the UK and tried to watch live streaming there. After the screen showed me the continuous spinning circle,…
ByFrank HI noticed the VPN disconnected after I didn’t use my laptop for a while. That’s a little bit annoying because I had to reconnect the VPN when I began to use my laptop again. And keeping the VPN on all the time makes me feel a little relieved in this world full of prying eyes….
ByFrank HI sat in front of the desk in my bedroom, ready to pay for the new iPad I chose on Wal-mart.com while the laptop was connected to the VPN. A thought occurred to me – was it safe to use a credit card with a VPN like this? I knew that using a credit card…
ByFrank HIt’s the question I’ve been asked almost every time friends gather together, as I’m known for using VPNs frequently. ‘So… should I buy a VPN anonymously?’ a young lady asked me. I spent a few minutes sharing my thoughts and what I’ve learned from using VPNs to protect my privacy. In this post, I’d like…
ByFrank HAs I sat in my seat at the airport, awaiting my flight, I realized that I had roughly 90 minutes to spare. Determined to make the most of my time, I pulled out my laptop from my backpack, turned it on, and connected it to the available Wi-Fi hotspot. Once connected, I proceeded to activate…
ByFrank HI am a guy who cares about privacy. Like everyone, I spend much of my time online daily. But I connected to the VPN each time I began to surf online. As reading some deject story about someone who got into a miserable situation because of his identity being exposed. I begin to wonder if…
ByFrank HI’m a sports fan. So a few days before Premier League began, I started to search for a streaming service that would broadcast all 380 matches and tried to find out whether I could stream the game live in HD with a VPN. Then I found a few tricks in it, so I wrote a…
ByFrank HIt was time when I had a walk with my daughter in the park; I got a call from my brother. He asked me how to get a VPN installed on his computers and phones, and he complained it had taken almost an entire day for him to try to figure it out. So I…
ByFrank HRecently, certain occurrences prompted me to research privacy and security issues in relation to our internet-connected lifestyle. During this research, I frequently came across the term telemetry. I became curious and decided to investigate its meaning and impact on privacy. This post is a summary of my findings. Telemetry is the automatic measurement and transmission…