Articles on protecting your data, tracking, and staying private online beyond just using a VPN.
Latest VPN and Privacy Guides
Learn what hackers can actually see when you use public Wi-Fi. Discover which information is protected by HTTPS, what remains visible, the real risks of public hotspots, and how a VPN can help secure your connection.
Follow a website request from DNS lookup to the page appearing in your browser. We explain how TCP or QUIC, TLS, HTTP, CDNs, and page rendering fit together.
We explain what an ASN identifies and why it matters when websites assess a connection. Learn how network data can help distinguish residential, hosting, and other types of traffic.
Learn how VPN Split Tunneling works, its different types, advantages, risks, and when to use it for greater flexibility and better performance.
Learn why websites can show the wrong country, region, or city even when your VPN is working correctly, and how IP geolocation databases affect location detection.