https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/04...war-on-privacy

Nicholas Deleon at Motherboard reveals a run-in with scammers who are already hard at work taking advantage of newly signed legislation that allows Internet Service Providers to sell your online privacy, including your web browser history, to the highest bidder without your consent. Relatedly, Tim Berners-Lee would prefer people to protest in the streets rather than take technical measures such as TOR and VPN. For those intent on using VPN, TorrentFreak has their latest reviews of VPN anonimity practices, with the caveat that the info is submitted by the VPN companies themselves on a "trust us" basis.
I've been pushing hard for people to consider VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) lately in the wake of ISPs being allowed to sell your entire browsing history to the highest bidder. A good VPN can prevent any snooping going on from your ISP. There is a bit of trouble however as the headline of the article points out. Not all VPNs are the same. Free VPNs are typically slow and not always secure. I've already mentioned that 81% of VPNs out there prohibit any form of HTTPS traffic, which is very bad. Do NOT use VPNs that deny HTTPS. Standard HTTP is NOT encrypted and can be easily read by any man in the middle, including your ISP, however the S in HTTPS stands for Secure, so traffic between your system and the endpoint is encrypted.

If you are considering learning more about VPNs and possibly using one, I'll make my recommendation:

Private Internet Access VPN (PIA)
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com

NOTE: PIA is not a Free Service

For an average user, the term VPN may be quite intimidating and sounds confusing. Its not hard at all. PIA allows you to download a client, install, pop in your username and password (once you have service) and away you go!

I know Gunny uses PIA also, but any other worth while recommendations for VPN providers are absolutely welcome.