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Dave Taylor here and by this point in
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the evolution and growth of the Internet
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I really hope you already know about
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Virtual Private Networks and why you yes
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you need a VPN on your computer from
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privacy to anonymity to sidestepping all
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those annoying tracking sites and
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retargeting ads that follow you
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everywhere online for weeks there's no
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logical reason not to use a VPN but it's
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not just on public Wi-Fi networks where
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it's a must but even on your personal or
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private Wi-Fi network - VPNs work by
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acting as a middleman on all your online
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interactions to better explain let's
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start by talking about how your web
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browser works when you don't have a VPN
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running let's say you just connect it to
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and want to go to a foreign news site
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you type in the site's website address
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or click a bookmark or link and that
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request like this one goes to your ISP
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which logs it and then gets the
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requested data the log of your visit is
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accessible to the ISPs marketing
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department other sites through those
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pesky cookies and yes the government and
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law enforcement through court orders do
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you really want everyone knowing and
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recording every site you visit every
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page you read every file you download
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use a VPN by contrast and everything you
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do is routed through a trusted middleman
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your ISP simply sees that you spend a
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lot of time communicating with a single
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server through an encrypted connection
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and the IP address you appear to be
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coming from is shared with thousands of
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other people so you can't be identified
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by your IP address either that server
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then fulfills all your queries whether
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it's a video stream a download or just a
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simple web page but here's the rub how
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do you know if you can trust that VPN
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server that's why it's pretty cool that
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f-secure has introduced its freedom VPN
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f-secure is already a highly trusted and
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respected security company publicly
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listed with a spotless 30 year track
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record of protecting its customers and
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respecting their privacy
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it's based in Finland a country with one
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of the strictest privacy legislations in
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the world that's way better than
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trusting some unknown company because
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their VPN is a cute logo or a funny name
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but let's have a quick look at how to
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work with freedom VPN so you can see
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just how easy it is to use and to start
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you can launch freedom VPN by clicking
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on this button now you can choose a
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server or you can keep the default and
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click connect to have the secure
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connection established and everything on
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the computer routed through the VPN
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sometimes it takes a few seconds but
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once it's done you're ready to go with
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your web adventures private just to you
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know logs no marketing hassles no fear
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of intrusive government agencies being
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too nosy and the site you're contacting
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doesn't know who you are or even where
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you are based on your IP address nice
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that's it honestly it's so easy why
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wouldn't you use freedom VPN all the
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time as I said earlier I use VPNs
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anytime I'm on a free Wi-Fi network and
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quite often at home just to ensure my
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own privacy you can check out freedom
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VPN at the f-secure website at eff -
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secure dot-com slash freedom
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easy enough this is Dave Taylor I'm
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going back to a news article I saw
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earlier that I really want to read but
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I'm doing it while being confident my
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privacy is assured through f-secure
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freedom VPN and I will catch you in my
