VPN

[Wan]

Supposedly they mask your IP address. Not being computer literate, I have no idea how VPN works so I am asking peeps here to see if anybody has used it before and whether it works like it's supposed to, is it worth the money etc.

Thanks.

 

[voyagerfan99]

What is a VPN? Virtual private network meaning

VPN stands for “virtual private network” – a service that encrypts your internet traffic and protects your online identity. Find out how it works.

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[beers]

It's just another mechanism to proxy traffic through an encrypted intermediary. Benefits depend on what you're trying to do. I have a server hosted in a data center so there's a VPN to treat it like having direct, private connectivity except over a shared medium like the Internet. That was why VPN was developed in the first place.

Otherwise people of varying conspiracy theory enthusiasm put traffic on a third-party hosted VPN and feel very pleased with themselves for questionable benefits. Some people use it to circumvent geographical content restrictions.

 

[BulldogBuzz]

Some use it to hide their identity