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Re: [LUG] VPN

 

On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:53:05 +0100 (BST)
Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Sep 2015, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> 
> > I seem to get more and more rubbish emails. I also read articles in
> > the papers that tell me that it is all getting worse. So I have
> > been looking at VPN's.
> >
> > I can see the idea but, as ever, the more I research the more I get
> > confused. Is a VPN a good idea, mainly to help with personal
> > security? It seems that some of them are for Windows only, so which
> > are recommended for Linux? If necessary I don't mind paying.
> >
> > If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very
> > grateful, even if the advice is 'don't bother'.
> 
> A VPN will not help you with spam/uce/phishing emails. I'm not sure
> why you think it would.
> 
> Gordon
> 

As I have already explained, I know a VPN will not help with spam. It is
just that I was feeling rather irritated with the increasing amount of
spam I am getting and that made me look at security on the internet
more carefully. Among other stuff I came across I started
looking at VPN's and became interested, to start with, and then
confused.

Hence my query,

Neil

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