My personal preference is Surfshark. It's a relatively new VPN but over several months it was improved a lot. They released native apps for all major platforms, unblocked Netflix and other streaming services for various countries. Went through an audit by Cure53 to test their browser extension security (got a good review at that). The only setback I can think of is the number of servers, 800+ so that's not a lot comparing to some other providers. Overall IMHO it's a high quality software.
Good read, thanks for sharing. For chrome users I'd advise using these extensions: I use Surfshark chrome extension for a VPN, PrivacyBadger, cookieautodelete, HTTPS everywhere, User Agent switcher if you're being sort of paranoid. I have CCleaner installed too, but usually there's nothing to clean since extensions handle most of it.
Surfshark is a paid VPN, I would never choose to use a free VPN. Furthermore, Surfshark has been audited by Cure53 to check their browser extension security and got a good review https://cure53.de/pentest-report_surfshark.pdf To put it short they earned my trust.
And I use several browsers, totally agree Chrome is a poor choice but I don't expect people stop using it, might as well use it as safely as possible :)
I'm from Europe and I remember very well the 2008 financial crisis. The corrupt banks in America and their massive bailout waved over the ocean and crashed the markets here in Europe, then I was pretty young and I could hardly understand how the housing loans there can lower my salary here. It's funny how naturalized the language is, as if markets are some natural force that goes up or down independent of people's will. Living under capitalism at it's best.
Europe is by no means some kind of ethical banks paradise, we've had our Greece crisis which was just as corrupt. Still, talking about 2008 meltdown the USA played the major part IMHO
An interesting article. One thing I like is that there's no "trickle-down" economics BS here, for decades it has been preached that tax cuts will increase the profits which will be reinvested for the benefit of larger social groups. When in fact we've seen an increase in corruption and social inequality. Here we have two models that are being compared not by who makes more, but who is more competent to actually reinvest and sustain long-term goals. As utopistic as it may sound, I would add the workers into the circle, an educated workforce is the only solid unit that can remain active in a recession caused by bad managers or greedy investors.
Looks like all the giants, including FB and Google, are focused only on growth, at the end each decision is measured by how many new users it will acquire, no matter the content. Shame.
