It hides your Internet Provider [IP] address and encrypts your internet traffic.
In plain, it makes it harder for anyone including your internet provider, apps, or government to see what you are doing online. [think China or North Korean citizens accessing websites that their governments have banned]
III. Without your data they lose:
Ad revenue, tracking power, censorship control. They cannot watch what they cannot see.
IV. what could a VPN be used for?
Access blocked websites, bypass regional content restrictions, hide from mass surveillance, use public wi-fi without getting tracked...
V. How could you use a VPN?
First download a trusted VPN [Proton, Mullvad, etc...]
Connect to a server [ideally outside your own country]
Browse like you are nobodies business, because it is of the opinion that it is nobodies business.
Online Safety and Virtual Private Networks [VPNs]
[Educational purposes only]
I. What is a VPN?
A VPN stands for Virtual Private Network.
II. What does a VPN do?
It hides your Internet Provider [IP] address and encrypts your internet traffic.
In plain, it makes it harder for anyone including your internet provider, apps, or government to see what you are doing online. [think China or North Korean citizens accessing websites that their governments have banned]
III. Without your data they lose:
Ad revenue, tracking power, censorship control. They cannot watch what they cannot see.
IV. what could a VPN be used for?
Access blocked websites, bypass regional content restrictions, hide from mass surveillance, use public wi-fi without getting tracked...
V. How could you use a VPN?
First download a trusted VPN [Proton, Mullvad, etc...]
Connect to a server [ideally outside your own country]
Browse like you are nobodies business, because it is of the opinion that it is nobodies business.
[Educational purposes only]