In all these cases, VPNs are crucial for Internet freedom, privacy, and in cases with repressive governments, VPNs could perhaps save lives by providing anonymity to journalists and activists (in such cases, as recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh or sentencing of a blogger in Saudi Arabia). VPNs protect users from online threats, and can potentially save lives in authoritarian countries. There are also countries where a lot of Internet content is blocked by “governments trying to control what their citizens can and cannot access.”

Whether it's from malicious criminal activities, government surveillance and censorship, or simply connecting to a weakly-secured hotel Wi-Fi system, our personal and private digital information is constantly being put at risk and made vulnerable online.” The letter says: “ VPNs are one of the best and most accessible tools that Internet users have to protect our privacy. Open Media, an Internet advocacy group, published an open letter this week to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings.

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