More and more people are saying they use a Virtual Private Network (VPN), and while this service has been around for several years now, its versatility of features has made it very popular in recent times. From elEconomista.es we are going to explain what it is, what it is for, as well as giving you the pros and cons of using this type of connection.
In a society where you have to be increasingly careful about what you do and post online, a tool to make your browsing more private and secure sounds like something anyone needs.
What is a VPN?
The acronym VPN means Virtual Private Network (virtual private network), and consists of a technology that allows a secure connection of the network that gives you the Internet by camouflaging your IP address so that it is not collected from where you are connecting. You may need this for different aspects, which we will explain below.
What can I use it for?
If it is still not clear to you or you do not understand why using a VPN can be useful for you, now we are going to analyze the different uses that can be given to this service.
The most popular use of the VPN connection, and the one that was its main use so far was for teleworking. With a VPN network you can interconnect several networks at the same time, even if they are not physically connected, this means that no matter where you are, you connect to a network and services of a company as if you were in the office itself and reducing the risk of suffering a cyber attack.
However, the rise of this technology in recent years is due to the fact that the VPN connection can also be used to spoof the location from where you connect. This could have several advantages, for example, there are many who use a VPN network to use and connect to platforms and services from other countries.
Let’s take the case of Netflix, in each country the platform offers different content, this means that in Germany you can find a series that is no longer available in Spain, which means that there are people who connect to a VPN to be able to watch that series. that he is only in Germany, while he is in Malaga.
It can also be used to avoid blocks or censorship in a country, for example, when the invasion of Russia began and the sanctions against the country began, so Russian citizens could download and use Meta platforms and other services, even if they were blocked in the country.
Drawbacks
And although the VPN connection can solve everything, not all are advantages. The first is that when using a server that is not your local one, the connection speed suffers and is slower, meaning that the further the server is, the slower your WiFi connection will be.
Another problem is that you won’t always be able to fake your location, since more and more technology exists to detect the location of a connection other than through the IP address. Finally, this service is mostly paid, yes there are free VPN apps, but they are a much smaller number compared to the existing paid services.
Soon we will return with how to connect to a VPN network and what are the best services available.
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