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re you working from home because of

COVID-19? I sure am. As I write this, I

am sitting in my palatial Manhattan

estate, dog at my feet, partner across the room

(also working from home), and several computers

running Folding@Home because I need to do

something to help save humanity. I am also

accessing corporate systems and services with the

VPN provided to me by my employer, but I won’t

be using it for anything else. Especially not porn.

DID YOU JUST SAY PORN?

I did, in fact. Whatever you think about

pornography, it is legal, and what people do with

their personal time is up to them. It’s also a

popular thing to look at when you’re stuck at

home. I’m not here to judge.

What I am here to do is remind everyone how a

VPN works. When you switch on a commercial

VPN, it creates an encrypted tunnel between your

device (computer, phone, router, and so on) and a

server controlled by the VPN. From there, your

traffic continues on to the wilds of the internet.

This setup means that your ISP and anyone on

the same network as you can’t see what you’re

doing. Anyone watching from the outside won’t

Working From Home?

Don’t View Porn on Your

Corporate VPN

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