Cliches are cliches because they're true. Free VPNs are free because you're the product. They're selling you. This old standby in the internet security community is a maxim growing truer and truer, seemingly, by the minute. Free VPNs are little more than adware that make an extra buck selling your data on the side. Most sensible people turn to trusted, secure, VPNs in the first place, because they want to protect themselves, and safeguard their data in a world where the bad actors out to steal that data are not …
Who doesn’t love free Wi-Fi? Imagine you’re at your favorite hangout place and are surfing the internet through the free Wi-Fi available. As you go along reading the news, checking your emails, and taking a quick look at your bank balance. However, open hotspot can get you into a lot of trouble. You can lose your personal information and give access to your bank account to anyone on the same network! Using public systems is like having a conversation in public - anyone can eavesdrop. If you don’t take precautions, …
