Unless you never used the internet, you have something to hide. Everybody has. That one stupid comment that you made. That one picture that you shared. That one song you downloaded. That piece of work that isn’t meant to be shared yet. We all have something to hide.
If you have a password on your phone, the chances are that you have content that you don’t want other people to see.
The question is if you can protect yourself. Is it possible to stay secure on the internet?
Obviously, there is a solution or rather solutions. The easiest? Turn off your internet. But you aren’t going to do that, are you? The Internet is part of our lives. The problems start when somebody else has access to that part of our lives.
You go into a cafe. You see free Wi-Fi. You get excited. “Yes, I can work here.”
While having the ability to connect to Wi-Fi wherever you are might seem fantastic, it’s a heaven for hackers and hell for your information.
When you connect to a public network without a password, that network, unlike your home Wi-Fi, isn’t encrypted. People can see what you type in or what sites you have accessed without any problems. They can steal your information just as easily.
Luckily, it’s easy to stay secure on the internet if you use VPN services such as PrivateVPN. VPN is the key to your online security. You need it when you travel. You need it when you simply go into a cafe. VPN masks your actual IP and encrypts your data, which makes it just about impossible for somebody to access your information unless they actually go into your device.
If you use Incognito Mode and think that it will keep you secure, you are wrong. It actually states when you access it that your information might still be visible to your employer, internet service provider, or the website you are visiting. You probably never read that though.
Features like Incognito Mode are only useful when you don’t want your browsing history or cookies to be saved. Nothing else. What you access can still be seen.
VPN once again helps with that just like with public networks. IP cloaking hides your IP, so people don’t know where you are accessing information from. PrivateVPN’s military-grade encryption protects your personal information from being accessed by hackers or from being sold by web providers.
So yes, it is possible to stay secure on the internet, but you need VPN. That’s the only way to make sure that you are secure.
Public networks? Not secure at all. Private networks? More secure. Still not secure enough to keep your information safe. PrivateVPN will help you with both of these.
And it’s not just computers. It’s also your phones and tablets that need to be protected. It only takes one unprotected device to ruin all of your security regardless of whether you had VPN on your other devices.
PrivateVPN offers apps for both Android and iOS devices. It also, of course, supports Windows and MacOS devices. You need to protect all of your devices if you want to stay secure on the internet.
It’s an investment that can save you from trouble in the future.
Written by Michael Smolski