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A Virtual Private Network (VPN) encrypts your traffic and hides your IP address. The way these functions are accomplished affects various aspects of your online privacy and security.
Here, we'll consider using residential IP addresses instead of those originating from a data center. A residential VPN has advantages compared to traditional ones, but there are some caveats. It all boils down to residential VPN providers.
The worst ones may even create more risks than benefits. We'll end this article with a list of the best residential VPN providers on the market.
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How to Go Incognito on Any Browser (Step-by-Step)
Key takeaways:
Everyone has tried to secretly shop for a birthday gift online or look up some weird thing that shouldn’t remain on anyone’s browsing history. To do that without leaving a trail, you probably decided to go Incognito. If not, we’ll explain to you why you should.
Here you will learn how to open a new Incognito window on all major browsers. We’ll show you the exact steps to take, explain that Incognito mode really does, and give you some tips for better privacy.
Guoda Šulcaitė
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Private DNS: The Complete Guide to Secure Browsing
Computers talk with each other in numbers and humans in words. That's a simplification, of course, but it gives us a good idea of what DNS servers do — translate words of domain names (cometvpn.com) into numbers of IP addresses (172.67.201.66).
A DNS server can be a privacy hazard as it has to be informed about every website you visit. A private DNS solves this problem by allowing you to use a DNS provider of your choice, possibly with encryption. We explain what private DNS is and how to set it up below.
Rasa Sosnovskytė
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What is VPN? How It Works, Types of VPN
A VPN, which stands for virtual private network, establishes a digital connection between your computer and a remote server owned by a VPN provider.
Adomas Šulcas
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Decentralized VPN: Explained and Compared
The internet is at risk of being merged into small clusters owned by a few individuals. So, many turn to decentralization as a remedy.
You get more privacy when one provider can't control the means of your communication, web hosting, social media access, or other services. A decentralized VPN tests this idea for a secure internet connection.
Unlike traditional centralized VPNs, there is no single entity controlling the servers. Instead, requests are routed through multiple devices. Does this approach work with VPNs, or do you risk exposing your data even more?
Guoda Šulcaitė
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How to Choose The Best Expat VPN
Once you move out of a country to somewhere else, you lose access to all the location-locked content. For some countries that may not be a big issue, but if you move out of the US, for example, the content offered by every streaming service and many other platforms will change greatly.
A virtual private network (VPN) can help you circumvent the issue entirely. As long as the virtual private network has servers in that particular country, you can access any location-based content.
That’s part of the reason as to why VPNs became so popular – they allow you to access web services and content that otherwise would not be available to you.
Guoda Šulcaitė
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How to Use a VPN: Secure Your Internet Connection Anywhere
Your activity is far from private when you’re online. Multiple parties such as your internet service provider, cybercriminals or even government agents can track your online presence for various reasons (e.g. marketing, bandwidth throttling, spying, etc).
Using a VPN is one of the simplest and most reliable ways to protect yourself from prying eyes. Let’s see how to use it — it is very straightforward.