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Intro\n\nIs a VPN really a good way to stay safe, or just something people feel obligated to buy from exposure to fear mongering?\n\nNO VPN SERVICE IS ANOYNYMOUS. The weakest link is the VPN that you\u2019re putting all of your trust in.\n\n\u201cI swear, just minutes after I was browsing an article about shoes, Facebook knew what I was looking at and now they\u2019re advertising shoes to me! This is ridiculous.\u201c\n\nA VPN still isn\u2019t going to stop things like this from happening. Marketing companies already have ways of finding out what products you like. \nWhen you visit Facebook, you\u2019re logging into a site. Logging into a Site. Logging into their site. Facebook sells ads, you talk about things online, they\u2019re listening. VPN won\u2019t protect you from this. \nOn the other hand, you would still decrease the amount of tracking on that happens because your IP address can originate from another country. So, you can still see ads, but they\u2019re likely be irrelevant to you. \nSolution: Develop better habits and just be a little more educated on how things are tracking you. \u201cOh, \u201cI\u2019m logged into a social network?\u201d. \u201cOh, I\u2019m signed into Gmail, and receiving products receipts and promotional emails to my inbox? A company that makes a killing on ad revenue would never use this information to their benefit!\u201d.\nRealize that if you DO go with a VPN Provider, you now need to put all of your trust in them. All of your traffic is routed through them. Your IP address is ONLY ONE of the ways to track you\nThere are Tracking ID\u2019s completely different from your IP address, so when you\u2019re all set hiding your IP address, there so many other factors that can reveal ..You. \nYour machine has a cookies, device ID\u2019s (given to you when you sign up for services \u2013 they can track you across the web). \nMobile devices can further track you by GPS/Celullar networks that reveal your location. \nI think we\u2019re so busy focusing on \u201cIP Addresses\u201d while marketing companies are perfecting their best product: You.\nVPN Companies can\u2019t solve it all. Your browser, itself, has plugins, versions, so many other things that talk to the website it\u2019s connecting to. You\u2019re being tracked. You can\u2019t hide. You\u2019re wasting your time. My point is, if a government wants to subpoena the information that you\u2019re hiding, a VPN will make it very convenient for them to get that data.\n\n\u201cCome one! I really want to do everything I can to not be tracked.\u201c\n\nAlright, then power off all of your electronic devices \u2013 anything with a network connection. \nYou CAN do more to be tracked less, but remember that your fort Knox of privacy is as only good at the weakest link. Most of us probably don\u2019t work for the CIA and we\u2019re not in that high of demand. \nFollow our Podcast\n\nIf you\u2019re a new listener to the Manly Hanley Podcast, we would love to hear from you. Visit our website and leave a comment. While you\u2019re there, be sure to subscribe to the newsletter!\nFollow Randrums on twitter\nLike the Manley Hanley Podcast Facebook page.