Do Ordinary People Need VPNs?

The word VPN is an abbreviation that means Virtual Private Network. Virtual private network (VPN) it is a specially designed network of many servers that covers the entire globe which gives users private connection directly to any website or computer they connect to and make all their online activities,  such as sites visited, transactions made online, browsing history private and none visible to any third party but users and their devices. VPN is considered a safer and more secure way,  it works in a very secured way that makes your internet activities untraceable, unmonitored, unidentified and uncensored by creating a private network from a public internet connection and masking your internet protocol (IP) address,  so your online activities are secured i.e. untraceable, unmonitored, uncensored, and unidentified.

The Need For Privacy Becomes Normal

In this internet age, we are sharing our lives with the world through the internet now more than ever.  Unknowingly and voluntarily, we hand over so much personal information to people that will harm us through it. Personal and financial information of people is highly desirable to cybercriminals. With the theft of one’s identity, a cybercriminal may be able to access your banking details, obtain credit cards, loans, create trial credit rating destruction and perform other criminal acts all in your name. So because of all these and more, there is a high need to stay smart online and keep your privacy level high.

Surfing the internet or making financial transactions on an unsecured Wi-Fi network means you could be exposing your private information and browsing habits. Think about the times you’ve been on the go checking your bank account while in line at the coffee shop or making a transfer on your banking app. Believe me, your whole private data and information are not safe unless you are using a private network during these times. Endangering our personal information and data is more like endangering our lives. What an average person doesn’t know is that you don’t need to be the main target before criminals hijack your personal information and data. In this current age, everyone is a target for cybercriminals.

The Wi-Fi we use at bars, hospitals, restaurants might have been tampered with by a cybercriminal who might have put some form of spy system to intercept whatever we do with the Wi-Fi and steal our private information for his use. Advertisement trackers on websites we visit are part of the means cybercriminals can steal our data and information. There are thousands of ways cybercriminals can steal one’s data through the internet but all these ways can be blocked by using a virtual private network (VPN).

Access To Information Communication And Entertainment Is Radical

The Internet is supposed to be a global network that links the entire world in the aspects of information, communication, and entertainment, but many websites are confined to specific countries, some are banned by the internet service provider (ISP), and some sites are banned by the government. A good example is the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government that banned their citizens from visiting pornography sites, which makes it impossible to visit such sites from the country and unable to get information or any entertainment gist going on there.

For instance, some movies on Netflix are only available in some specific geographical locations. On YouTube, some contents are only available for viewing and streaming in some specific geographical locations. With the help of a VPN, you can easily visit banned sites on your computer and mobile device.

VPN makes it easy for accessing blocked contents and sites in your country as it allows you to tunnel your traffic through an encrypted connection and come out from the other side, making you bypass geographical restrictions with ease.

VPNs May Be The New Normal

Over time, VPN was considered an application for computer nerds and ICT companies for carrying out their ICT related activities from an average person’s perspective. Over the past decade, so many people did not know what a VPN is used for, and even till now many people still don’t know about it.

Recently the need for internet privacy and security had risen and the awareness against cybercrime is getting high, therefore, individuals are getting to know more and understand the importance of VPN while using the internet. The enlightened many are already making use of VPN daily for their privacy and security to avoid theft of personal and financial information and data that might ruin them. As time goes on,  people that don’t know yet would get to know about the importance of VPN and the danger of surfing online without protecting their information by using a VPN. Sooner or later, VPNs may be the new normal as people would no longer surf the internet without making use of it.


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