3 Christmas VPN deals to keep your present hauls safe

With Christmas right around the corner, plenty of us are expecting to get some sort of new tech – whether as a gift or by grabbing an exclusive deal in the seasonal sales.

However, the holidays aren’t just a busy time for Santa; they’re also when cybercrime reaches new heights, as bad actors look to take advantage of the surge in online shopping by pushing fake shops, phishing scams, and other schemes designed to dupe you out of your money.

So while you’re excited to unpack that new smartphone, tablet, or gaming console (hopefully it fits in a sock!), make sure one of the first things you do when you boot it up is install one of the best VPNs.

A VPN, or virtual private network, encrypts your traffic and masks your public IP address, which together prevents snoopers from seeing what you’re ...