You can use the same technology to access region-locked content, like free streams of MLB games and BBC television.
Political dissidents and journalists use VPNs to access the Web from regions with repressive Internet policies, like Turkey or South Carolina. The practical upshot is that anyone spying on your local network cannot see your traffic, and anyone on the Web can't see your actual IP address (they see the VPN server's IP) or correlate your real-world presence to your online activities. From there, it exits onto the wider Internet and returns via the same route. When active, the VPN routes your Web traffic through a secure, encrypted tunnel to a remote server. And that's not to mention three-letter agencies and Internet ne'er-do-wells that are after your personal information.Īntivirus software can go a long way toward protecting your device, but your first line of defense should be a VPN. Out on the Web, advertisers use trackers to correlate your movements between websites. Researchers have demonstrated that by jamming the 3G and LTE bands, they can force cellphones to connect to Femtocells, or portable cellphone towers, on the 2G band, the encryption of which has long been compromised. More aggressive attacks use special devices that mimic networks you've visited before, tricking your phone into connecting-often without your knowledge.Ĭellular connections aren't safe either, although exploits against them are less common. On public coffee-shop Wi-Fi, someone (including the coffee shop owners) could quietly snoop on your Web traffic while you sip your latte, making note of your surfing habits, your conversations, your personal data, and even your passwords. When you're browsing the Web, particularly on a mobile device, your data might be more accessible to others than you think. For now, however, I recommend Editors' Choice winners NordVPN and Private Internet Access for Android VPN apps. This app has a lot of potential, especially given the large and geographically diverse collection of servers it connects to, and I hope PureVPN address the problems I found in testing. It offers an affordable pricing plan for mobile devices, but extending that coverage to desktops is much more expensive. It has a good-looking interface, but unfortunately it's clunky and buggy. PureVPN is a virtual private network (or VPN) service full of contradictions.
We have reached out to PureVPN for more information and we will reevaluate this review as necessary. The specific information that was disclosed appears to be in line with PureVPN's privacy policy, and therefore we stand by the current score and evaluation of the service.
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