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What is VPN? How it works and why you should use it.

What is VPN? How it works and why you should use it.

I have been the victim of not using it in past, do you want to make the same mistake?

VPN stands for Virtual Private Network.

You might have heard this term so many times, but what is VPN?

How does it work? and what is it used for?

A VPN provides privacy to your online activity, by encrypting your data by stopping exposing your private searches, passwords, and other sensitive information to others.

VPN also enables its users to pretend that they are in another country, which means users can access region-restricted websites or applications.

A VPN’s purpose is to provide a secure and reliable private connection between computer networks over public networks.

You can read full article here https://blog.canopas.com/what-is-vpn-how-it-works-and-and-why-you-should-use-it-b8c167218c2d

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