![]() How can you ensure it protects your secrets? That’s where the no-logs policy comes in. In other words, the VPN server knows your secrets. However, the server knows your source IP address and has the key to unencrypt your traffic. Yes, the VPN provider has your identity (with data leak protection) fully covered from source to VPN server. ![]() Note: The VPN service provider is the last (and fifth) agent with access to logs of your internet traffic. Two birds for one-shot: encrypted traffic (gibberish) and a new internet identity (the server’s IP addresses). A VPN creates a kind of encrypted tunnel between the VPN client and the server and lets you exit the internet with a completely new identity. Additionally, the admin could be curious enough to install a packet sniffer and read your unencrypted data.Ī solution (as you might already know) would be to use a virtual private network. Corporate? If you are connected to the internet inside a corporate or university network, your traffic is likely being monitored or limited by a proxy or firewall.Government? Governments, especially from the Five Eyes alliance countries, will undoubtedly ask your local ISP for traffic logs (or even redirect traffic through a proxy/firewall, as is the case for China) to monitor and censor “abnormal” traffic.Your internet service provider has access to every single packet in your traffic. ISP? If you feel comfortable and secure at home with the assurance that your internet is only for you, think again.Hackers? If you are sharing a WiFi Access Point (AP) to access the internet with anyone from coffee shop visitors to your neighbor, they can run a packet sniffer and read some of your traffic. ![]()
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