5 VPNs that can help you maintain your internet privacy





Even for those of us that saw the bad news inevitably creeping closer and closer (like that one strange dude on the train during your morning commute), it's still jarring that the plane proverbially landed. Net neutrality is dead, folks — the time of death pronounced officially by the FCC.

What does that mean for we average citizens? As it turns out, a lot: the FCC's ruling allows large Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Xfinity, Verizon, RCN, and others to charge customers' premium rates for faster Internet access. Sure, that means annoying stuff — like an endless barrage of aggressive targeted advertising — but also has darker intonations. One is the death of innovation and voice from smaller companies who can't compete with the funds the big guns bring in, but secondly, all that snooping into our data and browsing history is a mourning bell chiming for our privacy. ISPs can now take that data and sell it (yep) to the highest bidder — whoever that bidder may be.

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https://www.salon.com/2018/01/08/5-vpns-that-can-help-you-maintain-your-internet-privacy/

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