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The Avast SecureLine VPN is A lot of the remaining content repeats itself 2 or 3 times. The proposed replacement below is effectively the same content as the original article with the same citations, just summarized in two short paragraphs without repetition.
It also anonymizes the user's online activity, protects users from hacking, can avoid some forms of surveillance,[4] and allows unrestricted access to the Internet.[5] Additionally, a VPN prevents a user's detailed browsing data and history from being collected and sold by ISPs or other entities that may otherwise have access to them.[4] The VPN can be set to automatically turn on when the user connects to a public Wi-Fi.[6]
Background[edit]SecureLine VPN users' both outgoing and incoming internet traffic is encrypted and redirected through a tunnel via Avast data centers. This changes the geolocation of the IP address of the user to that of the selected VPN server.[7] This service provides the following:[5]
Server locations[edit]List of data center locations,[8] with a note for ones that allow peer-to-peer file sharing via BitTorrent (P2P).[9]
See also[edit]References[edit]Corrected the journalist name in the PC Magazine source, which was written by Edd Max, not Fahmida Rashid.
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Avast SecureLine VPN is a subscription based virtual private network (VPN) service developed by Avast. It is available for Android, Microsoft Windows, macOS and iOS operating systems.[1] SecureLine VPN encrypts the user's internet traffic and redirects the traffic through a tunnel via Avast data centers. This changes the geolocation of the IP address of the user to that of the selected VPN server[2] and makes the user appear to be in a different location.[3] It also anonymizes the user's online activity, protects users from hacking, can avoid some forms of surveillance,[4] and allows unrestricted access to the Internet.[5] A VPN also prevents user's detailed browsing data and history from being collected and sold by ISPs or other entities that may otherwise have access to them.[4] The VPN can be set to automatically turn on when the user connects to a public Wi-Fi.[6] Server locations[edit]The following is a list of data center locations,[7] with a note for those locations that allow peer-to-peer file sharing via BitTorrent (P2P).[8]
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