On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 05:57:11PM -0500, Dale wrote: > been wondering about. It mentioned using a VPN so that the NSA, my ISP > and others couldn't "see" what was going on. So, my first question, > does that work and does it require the site on the other end to have it > set up as well? Bonus question, is it easy to use on any site if it > doesn't require the other end to use it? I'm thinking of using this for > my banking/financial sites as well if it is a good idea.
I tried a VPN for banking; as many different source IPs were showing as attempting to log into my online account, the bank thought I was being hacked and locked my accounts. Took many trips to the bank to create all new accounts, etc. As to VPNs in general, see: http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/06/aiming-for-anonymity-ars-assesses-the-state-of-vpns-in-2016/
