Yael Grauer (@yaelwrites) is an investigative tech reporter covering digital privacy and security for Consumer Reports. She is the lead content creator of CR Security Planner, a free, easy-to-use guide to staying safer online. Prior to CR, Yael spent a decade as a freelancer, covering topics such as police surveillance, data brokers, dark patterns, clandestine trackers, security vulnerabilities, hacking—and yes, VPNs—for publications including Ars Technica, Business Insider, Slate, The Intercept, OneZero, Popular Science, Vice, Wirecutter, and WIRED. In her spare time, she maintains the Big Ass Data Broker Opt Out List, which does what it says on the tin.