SHREVEPORT, La. - Privacy has never been as important nor as difficult as it is today. Since most of our activity takes place online, information about who we are, where we live, and what we are interested in is readily available to advertisers and cybercriminals.
One of the questions I get most often is about VPNs or Virtual Private Networks. Who needs one? Which one to get? What are the drawbacks?
Imagine this scenario: you’re walking down the street, and a stranger approaches you asking for your home address. Would you give it to them? Most likely not. Yet, when we navigate the digital world, many of us unknowingly expose information just as personal as our home address—our IP address.
Your IP address is a unique string of numbers assigned to your internet connection. It’s akin to a