In its original meaning, a torrent is a strong stream of water, and while those interested in the weather have heard about a torrential downpour, most connect torrents with online streaming on data. More often than not, torrents are spoken about as negative and often illegal things by the legacy media as if the system
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Digital Security For Expats Why do expats need VPN you might ask? The number one reason is to watch TV. Face it, you’re far from home, you’re working/playing hard and at the end of a long day all you want to do is watch your favorite shows from your home country and VPN is what enables
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VPNs are an important part of any Internet security program, only you don’t know it. Read now to discover the truth about this cyber security bulletproof vest. The Reality Of VPN Security Myths. VPN, the three-letter acronym you probably have never heard of before today and if you have, you aren’t really sure what it
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When you were young, the end of summer used to be a somewhat depressing period where you knew that the carefree days of a summer break are over and that you will need to go to school. Now that you are older, you are looking forward to it. Not only are the kids preoccupied with
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Search engines can provide uncanny results tailored to your very person. How they do it may leave you at risk, read on to find out how to prevent data collection. Searching For The Best Search Engine Search engines, they’re great. They are the road map to the Internet and after your router and ISP are
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Internet filtering is good, it can be bad and sometimes it is real ugly. Read on to find out what you need to know, including how to bypass it. Internet Filtering For Dummies Internet filtering, yet another one of those techie buzzwords that sounds like a good thing, but do you really know what it
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The Internet is vast, there are millions of websites, the battle for ranking is huge. Who are the winners and losers, which are the world’s most visited websites. The Internet’s Most Visited Websites The Internet is vast. It is made up of tens of millions of devices, millions of websites and servers and of course,
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What is a VPN? A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a network technology that develops a secure online connection over both private networks as well as the entire Internet, allowing users to access websites that are normally restricted or blocked for different reasons. Multinational companies, educational institutions (for research purposes) and federal governments utilize VPN
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Ever heard of traffic shaping or Internet throttling? If not you need to read this, it could be the reason why your YouTube or favorite game is running so slow. Throttling The Internet, It’s Not What You Think Have you ever noticed that sometimes it takes a lot longer than usual for websites, games
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For as long as the internet has existed, there has been a need for protocols to keep data private and secure. The history of VPN (virtual private network) technology dates back to 1996, when a Microsoft employee developed the peer-to-peer tunneling protocol, or PPTP. Effectively the precursor to modern VPNs, PPTP creates a more secure
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