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    Default How to set up a VPN in 10 minutes for free (and why you urgently need one)

    You have probably heard in the news lately a lot about our privacy being sold to the highest bidder with upcoming legislation, but as anyone who's ever had an ad follow them around from their desktop to their phone knows that is pretty much happening already. If anyone is interested in a free VPN (Virtual Private Network) browser solution, you might want to check out Opera and its built in VPN service. Here is the article on how to do so and why you should do it ASAP:

    How to set up a VPN in 10 minutes for free (and why you urgently need one)

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    Soon every mistake you’ve ever made online will not only be available to your internet service provider (ISP) — it will be available to any corporation or foreign government who wants to see those mistakes.
    Thanks to a decision by Congress, ISPs can sell your entire web browsing history to literally anyone without your permission. The only rules that prevented this are all being repealed, and won’t be reinstated any time soon (it would take an act of congress).

    ISPs can also sell any information they want from your online activity and mobile app usage — financial information, medical information, your children’s information, your social security number — even the contents of your emails.

    They can even sell your geolocation information. That’s right, ISPs can take your exact physical location from minute to minute and sell it to a third party.

    You might be wondering: who benefits from repealing these protections? Other than those four monopoly ISPs that control America’s “last mile” of internet cables and cell towers?

    No one. No one else benefits in any way. Our privacy — and our nation’s security — have been diminished, just so a few mega-corporations can make a little extra cash.

    In other words, these politicians — who have received millions of dollars in campaign contributions from the ISPs for decades — have sold us out.

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    Having said that, here’s how to browse securely with Opera:

    Step #1: Download the Opera browser

    Step #2: Turn on its ad blocker

    Step #3: Turn on its VPN

    Step #4: Install HTTPS Everywhere

    Presto — you can now browse the web with reasonable confidence that your ISPs — or really anyone else —don’t know who you are or what you’re doing.

    You can even set your VPN to a different country. Here, I’ve set mine to Singapore so websites will think I’m in Singapore. To test this out, I visited ipleak.net and they did indeed think I was in Singapore.
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    I really recommend doing this. It is a simple process and gives you some protections you wouldn't otherwise have. There are of course paid VPN services that cover much more territory, but this is a good first step for many. To see how it works, change your country in the VPN menu a few times and google What is my IP? and you will see it change each time. Just an FYI if anyone is curious of how to get started in the wonderful world of VPNs. Opera also offers secure web browsers for most phone Operating Systems.

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    Another issue in the USA that sounds very Socialist... they're adding up.

    The ISP's in Canada don't do this and also will not give lawyers your information when they come snooping around after you download movies and music. Our laws protect us from all this kind of shit.


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    Quote Originally Posted by weazel View Post
    Another issue in the USA that sounds very Socialist... they're adding up.

    The ISP's in Canada don't do this and also will not give lawyers your information when they come snooping around after you download movies and music. Our laws protect us from all this kind of shit.
    Speaking of Canada, I've been using the Opera VPN for awhile now just to set my location as Canada to watch Canadian Netflix.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MasterShake View Post
    Speaking of Canada, I've been using the Opera VPN for awhile now just to set my location as Canada to watch Canadian Netflix.
    I think the USA one has more stuff on it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by weazel View Post
    I think the USA one has more stuff on it.
    It does, but there are different documentaries and movies on the Canadian one right now. I should check the other regions, too. Sometimes you can find some gems.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MasterShake View Post
    It does, but there are different documentaries and movies on the Canadian one right now. I should check the other regions, too. Sometimes you can find some gems.
    I heard if you have kids the Mexican one has all the Disney stuff


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    The same latina nudes ads keep following me around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slick View Post
    The same latina nudes ads keep following me around.
    I'm getting the hot Latinos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WTE View Post
    I'm getting the hot Latinos.
    I'm getting the Thai lady boys.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BeefStew25 View Post
    I'm getting the Thai lady boys.
    You think Shake is trying to cover his tracks?

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    Quote Originally Posted by WTE View Post
    You think Shake is trying to cover his tracks?
    Stains, tracks, whatever you want to call the shame as I delete my browser history and contemplate my life choices.

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