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You probably already know this, but your IP address is your computer's own unique address on the web.

Think of it like a digital house number for your computer.

And once you're out on the web, people know what that IP address is.

Websites track that. And the troubling part for most of it is that, well, all your online browsing,

everything you do can be traced back to that IP address. Okay. So people say, and they call the show,

and they write me, say, well, how can I be totally anonymous online? You can hide your IP address. It allows you to stay

anonymous. It protects your identity. It can also work around IP bans and access otherwise blocked

websites. If you're a regular listener to the show, you know, I was traveling overseas a lot this

past summer, and I was still trying to catch up on the Handmaid's Tale, which as I tried to fire

up Hulu said, we're sorry, this content's blocked in this country. I'm like, what? Well, I fired

up my VPN, and then I was able to catch up on everything. There are tons of ways for you

conceal your IP address while you're online, but the best option is to use a VPN. Now, once you're connected to Wi-Fi,

your device receives a new IP address from the VPN provider. And then from there, all the

traffic to and from your computers just rerouted automatically through VPN servers. So in essence,

your real IP address is protected from any prying eyes. And I have to tell you,

out of all the topics in the universe, well, aside from robocalls, I get so many questions about

VPN. So we wanted to put together this really special podcast for you, to talk about VPNs and to get

to the bottom line and to tell you about all the threats that are out there.

Some of them you know, I'm sure, but probably most of them you don't. So we turn now to Harold Lee.

He's the vice president at ExpressVPN. Now, he's also a privacy and security expert, which is why

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