Did you need more evidence that the US government is spying on your web browsing? Well today is your lucky day. The Guardian has just published evidence of a secret program from the US government’s NSA, which proves that security agencies have direct access to the servers of major companies including Google, Facebook and Apple.
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This post is part of a series reviewing the privacy policies of popular VPN services. The aim is to find out whether the VPN takes customer privacy seriously. This is not intended as a review of a VPN service, which would need to take into account a number of other factors.
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As we’ve mentioned before on this blog, not all commercial VPN services are concerned about protecting your privacy, with some platforms presenting just as many surveillance risks as a regular ISP. VPN services are, of course, free to log your data and there’s nothing dishonest about this practice if it’s openly disclosed.
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Here at IVPN we take privacy very seriously. Unlike many other VPNs, we aim to educate users as much as we can on the technologies and tools that are able to protect your data and online identity.
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The current debate being waged around online privacy isn’t always straightforward and can often be filled with legislative and technical jargon that confuses people. We frequently get questions on very fundamental aspects to understanding online privacy, such as the difference between privacy at the IP level and at the browser level, understanding what data retention is, or questions around the myriad of surveillance bills that seem to pop-up every month or so.
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Apple and Google are two of the biggest giants in the world of technology and if you’re using a smartphone or tablet device, then chances are you’ve tied yourself to one of those company’s platforms and ecosystems.
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So the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is firmly back on the agenda, with the infamous bill likely to be voted on in the next 24 hours. If CISPA does eventually become enacted it will likely see more US citizens turning to virtual private networks (VPNs) to help anonymise their internet activity.
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The launch of Facebook Home last week was a significant escalation in the arms race between Facebook and Google; a battle that will only result in the continuing erosion of privacy - and the expectation of privacy – online.
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