VPN (VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK) AND ITS IMPORTANCE

IMPORTANCE

A virtual private network (VPN) gives you online privacy and invisibility by creating a private network from a public internet connection. VPN masks your internet protocol (IP) address  so your online actions are virtually invisible. Most important, VPN services establish secure and encrypted connections to provide greater privacy than even a secured Wi-Fi hotspot provides. 

HOW VPN PROTECTS OUR IP ADDRESS AND PRIVACY?

VPNs essentially create a data tunnel between your own local network and an exit node in another network location, which could be thousands of miles away, making it seem as if you’re in another place and not the actual one. This benefit allows online freedom, and the ability to access your favourite apps and websites.

Here’s a closer look at how a virtual private network works. VPNs uses encryption to scramble data when it’s sent over a Wi-Fi network. Encryption makes the data unreadable. Data security is especially important when using a public Wi-Fi network, because it prevents anyone else on the network from spying on your internet activity.

There’s another side to privacy. Without a VPN, your internet service provider can know and trace your entire browsing history. With a VPN, your search history is hidden from your service provider. That’s because your web activity will be associated with the VPN server’s IP address, not yours one. A VPN service provider may have servers all over the world, this means your search activity could appear to originate at any one of them. Keep in mind, search engines also track your search history, but they’ll associate that information with an IP address that’s not yours. Again, your VPN will keep your online activities private.

 A VPN can hide a lot of information that can put your privacy at great risk.

•                  Your browsing history

•                  Your IP address and location

•                  Your location for streaming

•                  Your devices 

•                  Your web activity-to maintain internet freedom

A VPN ALSO HELPS TO PROTECT AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT

•                  A VPN can help protect against identity theft by helping in protect your data. It creates an encrypted tunnel for the data you send and receive that’s out of reach of cyber thieves.

•         If your smartphone's Wi-Fi is enabled at all times, your device could be vulnerable without you ever having idea of it. Everyday activities like online shopping, banking and browsing can expose your information and make you vulnerable to cyber crime.

•                  A VPN can protect the information you share or access using your own devices. 

         That’s especially important when using a public Wi-Fi network, where cyber thieves on the same network could capture your login credentials and the credit card number  you type in when you do online shopping.