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What else does a Personal VPN hotspot
shield provide?
When you connected through a secure VPN your IP
address becomes the one of the trusted server you are connected to.
So, when you surf, the web site owner does not
know who you are and cannot collect information on you based on your
IP address. With the gathering of huge amounts of data in recent
years via IP address, it is becoming easier every day to
actually identify you based on your address. Do you really want
every web site you visit to know your name and address? This ability
is mushrooming. Even if it can't be done reliably today that doesn't
mean that the ability won't be there in a few years. However, the
data collected today last forever in databases around the globe.
Many places restrict access to where you
can surf. By connecting through a personal hotspot shield, you are able to
surf to any web site since all the requests are outside the control of the local network owner. Many people live in foreign countries that limit their internet and
IP phone access. A Personal VPN hotspot shield will get around these limitations. |
I have nothing to hide.
A lot of people think that
they are not doing anything on their computer that requires this
level of security. Many think "I have nothing to hide."
However, if you do email and instant
messaging, other people on the network can read everything written.
It's no differently than
if someone
was listening to your every phone conversation or reading the mail
out of your mail box. Would you mind that? If so then your email and instant messaging
is no different. Do you make appointments or
plan, meetings by email or instant messenger? Do you tell your friends where you
are going to be at a given time? If so, you need a Personal VPN hotspot
shield
because the kind of person who will try and steal your data as you
sit at a coffee shop or in your hotel room is not the person you want to give your
schedule to. Recently
the "Wall Street Journal" had an article on the very real and growing threat of
people hijacking your data. Additionally, The 2007 Annual Hacker
Convention in Las Vegas highlighted just how simple it is to compromise a
wireless or other non secure network. |