Become very familiar for the Internet users since the first VPN’s appearance, VPN are synonymous of freedom, anonymity and security. The reality is nevertheless more complex. The subject is technical and legal at the same time. And to make matters worse, we count more than 200 international suppliers today. In other words, the market is very competitive.
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Once again, what a VPN?
VPN is the acronym of "Virtual Private Network". This technology consists in creating - between two machines bound by the Internet - a virtual network, a kind of secure and encrypted tunnel.
Typically, it allows a computer to connect to a server though Internet without that the server can see or know what takes place on your pc. This can be used to connect a nomadic commercial to the servers of his company in a secure way.
It can also be used to create a private connection between your computer and a server that serves as access door to Internet so that Web sites, spy-codes or sensors of government agencies cannot easily trace back the Internet user. Activities you lead are always identifiable and located but they come from the VPN server and no longer from your computer.
Therefore, it becomes much more difficult for inquisitive Web systems to go back to you.
This profusion encourages providers to outbid marketing and makes it even more difficult to choose an offer tailored to our needs. Because all the VPN are not equal. The choice of an offer often requires making compromises according to the uses of each.
What to remember from 2018 tests?
In brief, that’s what you must retail of my tests according to your VPN’s uses:
| Characteristics | VPN's |
|---|---|
| 3 better VPN to browse the Web anonymously by blocking pubs and trackings | NordVPN, Private Internet Access, Freedome |
| 3 better VPN to mask his online activities | NordVPN, ExpressVPN, CyberGhost |
| 2 better VPN to look of the US streaming from Europe | NordVPN, Private Internet Access |
| The VPN having most servers in the world | NordVPN with 3563 servers |
| The only VPN not based on the OpenVPN protocol | HotSpot Shield (with its protocol Catapult Hydra). |
| The VPN who offers the cheapest monthly subscription | Freedom-ip (but it is also the one with the slowest flows..) |
| The VPN which offers the best report prices/performances/confidentiality | NordVPN |
If you need more information to choose your VPN, I’ll soon make 3 articles speaking more precisely of one VPN each that I recommend: NordVPN, ExpressVPN and CyberGhost. So stay logged my dear Steemians!
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