Gerry Smith reports:
…. Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, can disguise the locations of computers and encrypt Internet traffic to allow people to get around firewalls or prevent outside snooping. Businesses that sell the networks are using the NSA scandal as a marketing tool, promising to protect customers from the prying eyes of government spies. But new revelations from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden have raised doubts about whether such services really provide as much privacy as they claim.
Read more on Huffington Post.
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