Imagine if all of your online profile pics showed your exact location on a map, your email address was tattooed to your forehead, and your licence plate was clearly just your social security number. Your life would probably suck. A computer or smartphone connected to the internet without one of the best VPNs isn’t exactly like those things, but it’s closer than you might imagine.
And yet, there’s a decent chance that you don’t have a VPN installed. After all, the majority of internet users worldwide don’t—and an even bigger majority don’t have a VPN on their smartphones. What makes this ratio particularly mystifying is that mobile users are the ones most at risk.
When you’re out and about with your smartphone you’re all but guaranteed to pass through an untold number of public networks. And connecting to a public network exposes you to malware, snooping, sniffing, phishing, man-in-the-middle attacks, and other forms of internet skullduggery. Nobody likes skullduggery, so read on to find out how a VPN keeps you safe—and then read on a bit further to find out how a VPN keeps you entertained.
How Does a VPN Work? The letters VPN stand for Virtual Private Network, with “private” being the operative word. A VPN works by “tunnelling” your traffic through private servers in countries around the world, rather than through your ISP (Internet Service Provider). This has the effect of shielding you entirely from prying eyes, since there’s no way of distingu.
