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Net Neutrality is dead and your privacy is at risk. Here are 5 VPNs that can help.

mimisabreena Friday, December 15, 2017 Mashable

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The FCC has spoken and it's official: Net Neutrality is dead.

Mashable's been closely covering this story — you can read everything here — but we'll give you the TL;DR version. The FCC has decided that large internet service providers (ISPs) like Xfinity, Verizon, RCN, and any other company in the game can charge customers premium rates for faster internet access. This decision was also significant in that it set ISPs significantly free from the confines of government oversight, and it is sparking justifiable privacy concerns as deregulation could empower ISPs to peek into our browsing behavior even more than they already do, or worse, sell that data. Read more...