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Unsubscribefromunwanted

emails

Q

Ireceivealotofunwantedemails

and,althoughmanyare

automaticallymovedtotheJunkEmail

folder,severalstillmakeitthroughto

myinbox.It’sannoyinghavingtodelete

themeveryday.

MyquestionisabouttheUnsubscribe

linkatthebottomofanemail.ShouldI

clickit?Iaskedsomeoneaboutthisand

theysaid:“No,itjustconfirmsyour

emailaddresstothespammerandthey

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AsktheExpert

Q

Mysuper-fastinternetisratedat

over1 00 Mbpsbut,whenIusea

VPN,Ican’tgetmorethan50Mbps.

Myfirstthoughtwasthattheproblem

isdowntotheVPNcompany,soI

triedadifferentone,thenanother,but

noneofthemmanagedanybetter

than 5 0Mbps.IsWindowsatfaultor

amIjustusingpoorVPNs?Itdoesn’t

seemtomatterwhichoneIuse,soI

amguessingWindowsistheproblem.

SteveCox,viaemail

A

Outdated Wi-Fi hardwarein

either your computerorrouter

maybeusing an oldWi-Fi standard

that’s limiting your connection speed.

A10-year-old router or computerwill

notbeasfast asanewone.

However,it’smorelikelytobethe

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load,soyou canchoose thelowest.

ThedistancetoaVPNserver also

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serversbefore itgetsto theinternet.

Beingdoublyprotected is slowerthan

routingthrough justone VPN, which

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With allthat’sgoingon,aVPNwill

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Speed up aVPN

INTERNET

Even thebestVPN will be slower than your existing connectionbecause of the

increaseddistances andstrongerencryption

aUSservercan beslowerthanalocal

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VPNsare encrypted, whichmakes

themslower, andthereare different

VPNprotocols, suchas TCPand UDP

–the latter is faster.The levelofsecurity

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some VPNsroute trafficthrough two

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DHayes,viaemail

A

Someunsubscribe

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genuineandclicking

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fromthem.

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adodgywebsite.

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genuineornot.Havea

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makeajudgmentasto

whetherit’sfroma

reliableandresponsiblesender.

Thesender’snameorcompany

nameshouldbeatthebottomofthe

email,wherethereshouldbean

unsubscribelinkandapostaladdress,

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