What is a VPN?

There seems to be a new reason to worry about your internet privacy almost every day. Rollbacks on privacy regulations, abuses of personal data, and so much more. If only there was some way to regain control of your privacy....

Turns out, a virtual private network (VPN) is the answer to such a question. Once limited to users with more technical knowhow, modern VPN services combine ease with security. If you ever wanted to learn more about VPNs, we’re here to help.

What is an IP address?

Before diving deeper in VPNs, we have to talk about how you access the internet. An internet protocol (IP) address acts much like your home address. It’s a series of numbers used to uniquely identify your computer on the internet. Much like how physical addresses are standardized, the internet protocol standardizes a computer’s address. This defines how information is sent, distributed, and returned. Otherwise it’d be sheer chaos on the internet. Imagine if you had John.Computer.1234 as one address and another address that’s 100 characters long. Read more...

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