VPN? Wires? Process?
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VPNs are basically a standard connection, usually serviced through a third party, with some major differences.
The wire is formed by encrypting your traffic. Everything you send to the VPN and the VPN gets and sends back to you is entirely encrypted. In theory, this means interlopers aren't privy to anything you access.
VPNs also have the effect of masking your IP, as it's technically the requesting machine (the server you connected to privately) that is actually pulling the information - so they only see its IP. Many VPN providers for privacy will aggregate users so they can't tell who's independent IPs log to the server using the external IP - it creates sort of a crowd ambiguity.
If you're interested in a VPN for privacy, stacksocial has a "Lifetime Subscriptions" category that will get you a lifetime of VPN access at extremely low costs. My brother an I only paid $59 USD for a lifetime sub to a pretty solid VPN provider.
Keep in mind some providers will be more protective of your information than others. If it's about privacy, make sure you get one that doesn't IP log.
The simple way to understand the infrastructure setup is thus:
1. Your computer has software on it that knows to contact specific servers and encrypt all traffic to the server. This encryption is the same sort as when you use SSL to access payments for your credit card or online banking. In theory, immune to third-party penetration or tapping.
2. Like anything on the web, your PC sends a request to a remote server (run by the VPN provider) to access some content.
3. The server, on your behalf (like a waiter in a restaurant)requests this content from its actual location (as a middleman). It then gets this content, still encrypted, and sends it back over the secure connection
In practice, this means your IP is hidden on at least a superficial level and you are anonymous.
The wire is formed by encrypting your traffic. Everything you send to the VPN and the VPN gets and sends back to you is entirely encrypted. In theory, this means interlopers aren't privy to anything you access.
VPNs also have the effect of masking your IP, as it's technically the requesting machine (the server you connected to privately) that is actually pulling the information - so they only see its IP. Many VPN providers for privacy will aggregate users so they can't tell who's independent IPs log to the server using the external IP - it creates sort of a crowd ambiguity.
If you're interested in a VPN for privacy, stacksocial has a "Lifetime Subscriptions" category that will get you a lifetime of VPN access at extremely low costs. My brother an I only paid $59 USD for a lifetime sub to a pretty solid VPN provider.
Keep in mind some providers will be more protective of your information than others. If it's about privacy, make sure you get one that doesn't IP log.
The simple way to understand the infrastructure setup is thus:
1. Your computer has software on it that knows to contact specific servers and encrypt all traffic to the server. This encryption is the same sort as when you use SSL to access payments for your credit card or online banking. In theory, immune to third-party penetration or tapping.
2. Like anything on the web, your PC sends a request to a remote server (run by the VPN provider) to access some content.
3. The server, on your behalf (like a waiter in a restaurant)requests this content from its actual location (as a middleman). It then gets this content, still encrypted, and sends it back over the secure connection
In practice, this means your IP is hidden on at least a superficial level and you are anonymous.
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