Your internet activity is visible to your ISP, your government, hackers on public Wi-Fi — and anyone willing to pay for it. Here's what they can see.
In the UK, US, and Australia, internet service providers are legally permitted to log and sell your browsing history to advertisers and data brokers. Every search, every site — recorded.
Under the UK Investigatory Powers Act, ISPs must retain 12 months of connection records. In Germany and Australia, similar bulk data retention laws apply. Your data sits in a database right now.
Coffee shops, airports, hotels — anyone on the same network can intercept your traffic with free software. Passwords, messages, banking sessions. All readable in plain text without a VPN.
A VPN encrypts your connection and masks your real IP address — making you invisible to your ISP, governments, and hackers. Surfshark is the fastest-growing VPN of 2026, trusted by millions worldwide.
Surfshark encrypts your connection, hides your IP, and blocks trackers — on every device, all at once.
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