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Here's what a VPN can't protect you from (but you need to use it)

The abbreviation " VPN " has slowly become established among average Internet users, which is certainly good, but the problem is that people have started to see VPN as the ultimate solution to all problems.

Microsoft is also joining the strike against SOPA

Microsoft is also joining the strike against SOPA

On this day, January 18, 2012, most internet giants went on strike against SOPA, which wants to censor the internet.

Wikipedia is already in full force on strike, and next to it Wired, WordPress, Joomla… Some sites did not put a black screen as a home page, but only a link, like Google.

Microsoft joins the strike with a bit of humor.

Namely, Microsoft inserted the message "Fatal Error: STOPSOPAPIPA" in the classic BSOD.

The solution is simple and does not require too much work from us. This will have a greater impact on the fight against the law than Wikipedia. According to our research, 10 people visit Wikipedia every 30 seconds. Now compare that to the BSoD of which there are 30 globally every 10 seconds. That's a huge force we can use.

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