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Why You Will Need to Use a VPN in 2018

By Michael Smolski, 2018-01-04 08:58:58 in Business
Russia. China. This entire planet. THings are changing. Some countries are removing freedom on the internet. Others are adding more in theory but actually reducing it. The US for instance. One thing is for sure. Things on the internet are changing, and there’s more than one reason on why you need to use a VPN in 2018.


To Access Content at the Same Speed

Did you see our post about net neutrality? Read it. To make the long story short, your internet provider has full control over what you don’t see, what you have to pay for, or what you use at a slower speed. So much for freedom. This freedom only works if nobody abuses it. Essentially, Netflix can work slower because your internet provider doesn’t want you to use it. If you hate the experience, you will stop using it.

Now, this is hypothetical since luckily it didn’t happen as of yet. But once it happens, you will really not enjoy yourself. Luckily, a VPN can help you with this problem. Since what you do when connected to a VPN is private since a VPN is a virtual private network, it means that if you visit a site that is slowed down, this will not be seen, and thus, therefore it will run as normal without being slowed down.

That’s one of the reasons you will need to use a VPN in 2018. But that just one of the problems that net neutrality brings.


To Access Censored Content

Now, okay, not everything censored can be accessed as some censored content is deleted. But if it’s on a platform that’s accessible by the public in more than one country, if you can’t see something, it probably means somebody else can because that content is not blocked everywhere.

Russia is pushing it. China has blocked just about everything. Do you want to use Facebook in China? You can’t. In fact, just about every social media that’s available worldwide is blocked in China. But it’s getting worse, in China, virtual private networks are about to get banned too. Which means stopping censorship will be almost not possible in China.


To Watch Your Favorite Content

The two other problems are a major threat to freedom on the internet. Censorship has been a problem in the last few year, but things are about to get more serious in 2018 which is why you will need to use a VPN in 2018, but a lot of people don’t have these problems yet. Perhaps they don’t live in the US and live in Europe, and instead of speed, their problem is access. They can’t access a lot of content because they aren’t in the US.
It’s almost like censorship in a way but it’s not that content is being limited, it simply costs more to show it in more countries. Whether it’s Hulu, Netflix, or Amazon Prime. Due to that, it’s not available. With a VPN, you can watch whatever content they have on whatever service you choose to, wherever you are. How? As your location virtually changes. You connect to a server across the world, and you are automatically there without being there.

PrivateVPN offers servers in 56 different locations which means that you can access content that may not be available in your country of stay right now, but that is available if you were in one of the locations of the servers we offer.


To Stay Safe

If you really want to stay safe on the internet, you will need to use a VPN, regardless of what year it is. Whether you are drinking your favorite Starbucks coffee or whether you are on a bus. Every Wi-fi that’s free comes at the cost of freedom. People can access your information without a problem. Even things such as payment information can be exposed.

VPN eliminates that problem by encrypting information. Everything that goes from your device is protected. That way nobody can see what you are doing. And PrivateVPN offers military-grade AES 256-bit encryption code with 2048-bit DH key.You probably don’t know what that means but to put simply, the U.S government and military use this type of security.


How to Install PrivateVPN

This is a lot simpler than the problem that you will have in 2018. You probably came to realize that you need to use a VPN in 2018 at this point. So how do you set it up?

  • Go to PrivateVPN.com. Press the Buy button.
  • Fill in all the details that are required to register.
  • Go to the bottom of the page and press Download. Find the app that suits your device. You can also search on your local app store.
  • Download PrivateVPN.
  • Provide the details you signed up with.
  • Connect to a server of your choice.

That’s it. It’s simple.

And if you find that it’s failing you, you have 30 days get a full refund. And do not hesitate to contact our award-winning customer service if you have any questions about our award-winning service when it comes to value.

Written by Michael Smolski.