A virtual private network (VPN) is a great way to get around certain Internet restrictions, including geoblocks on videos from different countries, while also protecting your privacy by obscuring your ...

The Android platform has an outstanding built-in VPN connection tool. Jack Wallen describes how Android users can set up and connect to a VPN with the help of a PPTP VPN. One way smartphones help us ...

Virtual Private Network, VPN for short, is like a secret tunnel to the Internet. It encrypts all the data you send and receive over the Internet. When VPN is enabled on your device, it hides your ...

Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on virtual private networks. He's an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online publications like Computer Weekly, The Guardian, ...

Rae Hodge was a senior editor at CNET. She led CNET's coverage of privacy and cybersecurity tools from July 2019 to January 2023. As a data-driven investigative journalist on the software and services ...