Over the past few years, Virtual Private Networks (VPN) have become popular to bypass censorship, skirt around surveillance, and break past local restrictions. Names like ProtonVPN, NordVPN, ...

One of the disconcerting things about using a virtual private network (VPN) is that it can be hard to tell when it's doing its job. The best VPNs all work in the background to keep your IP address ...

I suspect it's a topic which is now on the minds of many readers who haven't previously thought about it, myself included. Not so much the mechanics of joining a VPN, but definitions & how the usage ...