Dutch Ingraham wrote: > On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 05:57:11PM -0500, Dale wrote: >> been wondering about. It mentioned using a VPN so that the NSA, my ISP >> and others couldn't "see" what was going on. So, my first question, >> does that work and does it require the site on the other end to have it >> set up as well? Bonus question, is it easy to use on any site if it >> doesn't require the other end to use it? I'm thinking of using this for >> my banking/financial sites as well if it is a good idea. > I tried a VPN for banking; as many different source IPs were showing as > attempting to log into my online account, the bank thought I was being > hacked and locked my accounts. Took many trips to the bank to create > all new accounts, etc. > > As to VPNs in general, see: > > http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/06/aiming-for-anonymity-ars-assesses-the-state-of-vpns-in-2016/ > >
I sort of have a vague idea of what a VPN is but maybe some reading will do me some good. Heading over to this link. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)