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

:-)  :-) 

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