I am very pleased to announce that I’ve joined the advisory board of SurfEasy, a Toronto-based company focused on providing tools to better control online privacy. As part of the launch, I’ll be participating in a Reddit AMA on Tuesday afternoon.
SurfEasy: New Advisory Board Position and Reddit AMA
June 24, 2013
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Visa/Mastercard are now banning VPN providers
I assume they’re thinking about avoiding anonymous downloads, but the ban seem exceedingly general.
See https://torrentfreak.com/mastercard-and-visa-start-banning-vpn-providers-130703/
–dave