{"id":74623,"date":"2018-01-24T11:59:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T19:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=74623"},"modified":"2019-10-31T06:04:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T13:04:39","slug":"the-intego-mac-podcast-episode-15-why-you-should-use-a-vpn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/the-intego-mac-podcast-episode-15-why-you-should-use-a-vpn\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you should use a VPN &#8211; Intego Mac Podcast, Episode 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Intego-Mac-Podcast-Episode.png\" alt=\"New Intego Mac Podcast Episode\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Intego-Mac-Podcast-Episode.png 600w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Intego-Mac-Podcast-Episode-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Intego-Mac-Podcast-Episode-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/intego-mac-podcast\/id1293834627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intego Mac Podcast<\/a> episode 15 is now available!\u00a0After a brief discussion of the week&#8217;s news, this episode offers a\u00a0look at Virtual Private Networks (VPN). 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