Virtual private networks (VPNs) aren't some wild-and-crazy piece of hacker technology -- in fact, anyone who's ever worked remotely has likely connected to corporate email through a VPN many times before. However, VPNs can also be used to fool video streaming services such as Netflix into thinking you're actually living in a different country, which can give you unauthorized access to streaming content that's not available in your market. Because of this, entertainment studios have been making a big push on both ISPs and streaming services to crack down on VPN use, as two stories that broke this week demonstrate.
How Hollywood is waging war against VPNs