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8:21 amCEC row LIVE updates: INDIA bloc leaders likely to march towards Rashtrapati Bhavan today
8:20 amCentre caps trade margins on non-scheduled cancer drugs at 30%, expects ₹2,500 crore annual savings for patients
8:15 amBypoll results LIVE: Counting of votes begins for bypolls to five Assembly seats, one Lok Sabha seat
8:03 amCarers uncared for: Lack of regulations make home nurses vulnerable in Keralam
8:01 am51% of India’s 5-year-olds in Class 1 instead of preschool: UNESCO report flags concern
SponsoredPut your announcement in this ticker from ₹69/day
7:59 amAraku Pinery: New experiences at the community-led eco-tourism retreat
7:47 amIndia rejects Starlink allegations even as Musk escalates attack
7:43 amJharkhand DGP hiring rules in conflict with landmark verdict: Supreme Court
7:42 amUS pitches maize for India’s E85, SAF ethanol push
7:42 amOp Sindoor showed IAF’s combat swiftness: Air chief
7:40 amMeitY urges platforms to act quickly on misleading content amid protests
7:37 amIsrael to honour flydubai's Indian pilot Smit Machchhar with civilian heroism award
7:27 amDrought impact: Shivamogga village bans post-marriage non-vegetarian feasts
7:19 amOn INDIA bloc’s menu: Veg lunches, protest strategies

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Your VPN Is Watching You Before You Even Click Connect. Here's Everything It Sees

Reported by Pcmag 8 Oct 2026, 6:30 pm IST 1 min read

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From website fingerprinting to payment trails, your VPN collects personal data long before it encrypts your traffic. Here's what's really being logged and how to stay truly anonymous.

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Section: India
First reported by: Pcmag
Reporter: justyn newman
Published: Thursday, 8 October 2026, 6:30 pm IST
Coverage: One outlet so far

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