I read the article and they actually did what I said.
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But VPN will cost you some, and there is no guarantee they don't track you.
Not when my VPN goes through my server....
If it's yours then you pay for it.
It's a sunk cost. A free alternative would be to use Tor. It works well now, WRT latency, because so many people use it. If I had to pay for a VPN it would be a lot less than $30 a month. Would I trust a VPN service that is incorporated in Uzfuckastan and claims to keep no logs? Absolutely not, but I figure ATT's discounted spy service + foreign VPN, would be better than say Time Warner who has never really said, "We do not spy on you." I just assume everyone is spying and if I want some measure of privacy, I have to take care of it myself.
