VPN (Virtual Private Network) has been around for a long time, but recently it gained momentum not only in business but also in private life. Every time the Internet is used for any purpose, it is being monitored, attacked and filtered by multiple interest sides. For instance, government, service providers are constantly monitoring your activity for numerous reasons. Content may be censored and even blocked due to some political or other reasons. The more obvious example is marketing. Every move of your browsing habits is logged by large corporations such as Google or Facebook. According to collected data and your interests, they usually target you with personalized ads. You can do a little experiment. Simply browse for some information (for instance search for shoes) in Google search engine and then log in to your Facebook account, and you will see that your timeline will be stuffed with adds full of shoes. You can only imagine what information is collected from you. And this is only your activity which you may not care much. But such access is not acceptable for business, where lots of sensitive information is floating around.
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