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Simple solutions may be best security for your data against hackers

With whistle-blower Edward Snowden claiming the US security services have been hacking the computers of civilians in Hong Kong, the question many are asking is: how can I keep my private information private?

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Simple solutions may be best security for your data against hackers

Covering up one's footprints online is no longer just in the realm of the paranoid.

With whistle-blower Edward Snowden claiming the US security services have been hacking the computers of civilians in Hong Kong, the question many are asking is: how can I keep my private information private?

Unfortunately, the consensus seems to be that the truly determined spy or hacker can always get your data; it's just a matter of time. But it is possible to make access more difficult.

So how do you keep access to your data through the internet down to a minimum? A number of tools are readily available.

First, get yourself a solid virtual private network (VPN). The VPN guarantees that all of the data you send and receive is encrypted and secure.

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