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The Friday Chat

VPN: Shield or sham?

Written by: SoftMaker Created: 10 April 2026

VPNs are touted as a digital silver bullet: browse anonymously, work securely at a café, stream Netflix from abroad. Provider advertising makes it sound like you’re defenseless online without a VPN.

But is that really true?

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