How To Trust A VPN

How To Trust A VPN

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus take a look at an increasingly popular online privacy tool--that has some serious trust issues of its own. We’re talking about VPNs, or virtual private networks, and why the average user might have a very hard time figuring out which one to trust.

The hosts will also look at privacy blunder number one billion from our friends at Facebook. This one involves two factor authentication, a feature to ostensibly help keep your account safer that turns out to be another good way for Facebook to keep track of you, wherever you go. Mark Zuckerberg told Congress, “you own your data”--but once you give Facebook your phone number, good luck ever taking it back.

1:11 - Interview with Will Oremus

24:00 - Don’t Close My Tabs

Stories discussed on the show:

Slate: Do You Trust Your VPN? Are You Sure?

Don’t Close My Tabs:

April: Wired: Are Men at Google Paid Less than Women? Not Really.

Will: Instagram: Nathan W Pyle

Podcast production by Max Jacobs

You can get updates about what’s coming up next by following us on Twitter @ifthenpod. You can follow Will @WillOremus and April @Aprilaser. If you have a question or comment, you can email us at ifthen@slate.com.

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