What is a VPN and should you get one?

Ever wonder how your mobile phone serves up targeted ads related to sites you may have browsed or conversations you may have had? The fact is a great many players on the internet, legitimate and not, are gathering and using information about you. Every device and internet service account you have uses a unique internet protocol (IP) address that identifies where you are and, increasingly, collects information on what you’ve been doing. Your internet service provider (ISP) may even leg