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Both VPN (virtual private network) and RDP (remote desktop protocol) are remote access technologies. You use an internet connection to access a computer that’s in a different location than yours and get the benefits as if you were using that computer.

There’s one key difference between a virtual private network and a remote desktop protocol – the level of control you get. A VPN server only provides you with internet traffic routing, encryption, and some other benefits. You continue using your machine for everything else.

Remote desktop protocol gives you access to the machine itself. You may get different levels of permissions (ranging from limited access to full administrative privileges), but in all cases you’ll get to control the machine itself to some extent.

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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.

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.