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Old 08-16-2009, 09:47 PM  
rowan
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Why would a Virtual PRIVATE Network be unencrypted? :D

I'd be looking at setting it up on your own dedicated server. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I can just imagine a VPN provider logging everything that goes through "for potential future legal defense purposes"

BTW, another use for a VPN is if you hop onto public wireless connections. Unless you access sites with https:// URLs your request and the returned content is visible to anyone sniffing. This includes your browser sending and accepting cookies; replaying a cookie sniffed from you loading a single page on GFY would be sufficient to capture your account.
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