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I finally got a VPN in a push to become more anonymous in my life.  As a Gen Xer, I straddle the divide between the analog life of the 70’s and 80’s that evolved into the early online digital life of late 1990s through to what we have now.  I am trying to find my balance in becoming invisible and wanting to have access to the bounty of the online world.

There is so much I miss about the analog life, but in dangerous, nostalgic/sentimental ways, mostly.  Healthcare (not talking about costs, but the quality of medicines and treatments) are so much better.  Information access is amazing and I love it.  Cars are much better.  Entertainment is much better. I think one old thing that was better was the lack of deeply partisan news sources.  We had the three big networks, local newspapers, and radio.  

With my love for the internet, my distrust of social media, and my paranoia of browser history (which is probably really boring, unless you want to get judgy about my porn searches), I need to make my internet practices less traceable.  I needed to get a good vpn.  Here is a brief overview of VPNs.  

I hate that my information online is valuable to profit others.  I am trying to eliminate my online data sharing as much as possible.  One area is to limit the cookies and tracing stuff that online access can use to track me, my habits, health, spending, and so many other things.  After watching The Social Dilemma  on Netflix, I realized how exposed my data is and I am trying to reduce it.  I am hoping that by using a VPN, I am helping get back control of it.  

I got my vpn two months ago and use it on my computer, tablet, and smartphone.  I especially use it if I am connecting to public, unsecured wifi.  So far, it has worked very well and performance is fast.  You may ask which one I got and I am not going to share that since I don’t want to endorse any brands  There are many good ones and you will find one.   

What are you finding to hide your online presence?  

PS- Many use VPNs, TOR, and other tools to hide nefarious, dangerous, and sick online uses.  I do not condone that at all.  

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