The @NewYorker needs to ask one of its celebrated fact checkers to look up "privately"pic.twitter.com/F2pk8598nn
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If you use a vpn you aren’t showing your ip address. The vpn has servers geographically elsewhere. So whoever is following you around is not aware of where you are. I use one often after clearing cache, history, so you start fresh each time.
I know what a VPN is, but I am talking about subscription services where you've ID'd yourself to the site
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