How does a VPN provide protection?

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A VPN provides protection because it encrypts all of your internet traffic before it even reaches the VPN server. It also routes your data through a secure VPN tunnel, making it difficult for others, like hackers and governments, to intercept and use your data.

When using public wi-fi, it is highly recommended to use a VPN. Specifically, if you need to connect to the internet anywhere other than at your home (although I would recommend a VPN for home use as well), use a VPN, you won't regret it, and you might if you don't.

Using a VPN makes you more anonymous and protected because your australia whatsapp list will not be publicly visible while you surf the internet. Your personal IP address will be hidden, or more precisely, changed to the IP address of the VPN server.

When you surf without a VPN, others can connect what you do online to you through your location, which is determined by your IP address. Your ISP, the government, and the websites you visit can see everything you do online. It doesn't mean they're tracking and spying on you, but they can, if they want to.

When you use a VPN, your online activities can be linked to the VPN server, but not to you specifically, unless you are logged in to the website you are visiting with your information. Many VPN services will not monitor or track what you do online, nor will they reveal your online activities to anyone. For this reason, because you cannot be identified and tracked via your IP address, you become more anonymous and safer online.

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A VPN also provides more freedom because you can connect to servers around the world, so when you connect to the internet through a server in a specific country, you have access to the internet as if you were physically in that country.

This is very useful if you are in a country where internet freedoms are restricted, certain sites, content or access to social networks are blocked. Also, if you have Netflix, using a VPN you can connect to Netflix as if you were in the US and watch their version without any problems.

How does a VPN work?
Once you find a VPN provider that suits you (I recommend Surfshark ), pay for it (because the best VPN is the one that isn't free), download the software, and install it on your device. Configure the necessary security settings, establish a secure connection, and after a few quick and easy steps, you can start surfing anonymously.

When you connect to the internet through a VPN, the following happens:

VPN software on your computer encrypts your data traffic and sends it to the VPN server over a secure connection.
Encrypted data from your computer is decrypted using the VPN server.
The VPN server will go online with this decrypted data and will receive all the traffic requested by the user.
The VPN then encrypts the data again and sends it back to the user (you).
The VPN software on your computer (or other device) decrypts the received data so that you can understand and use it.
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A VPN encrypts your data traffic, making it difficult for hackers and governments to intercept it and use it to harm your computer or the data you have. When you surf through a VPN, you won't feel any different from surfing the internet normally. Your connection won't be slower, nothing will be different, and you won't even know you have a VPN on.

You can use VPN on Macs, Windows, Android, or iOS, and many VPN service providers already offer the ability to connect multiple devices via a single VPN account in their basic packages.