Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, are tools that create secure, encrypted connections between a device and the internet. By rerouting traffic through a private server, VPNs are able to hide the ...

The best VPNs can make your online life more private with software that's convenient and cheap — sometimes even free. While keeping your IP address invisible, you can use your VPN to explore streaming ...

A VPN-enabled router can provide online privacy for any device connected to it. But not all router models allow it. Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and ...

Using a VPN? Better make sure it’s not on this list. VPNs are supposed to keep you safe. They encrypt your internet traffic and hide your location from hackers, ISPs and creepy ad trackers. But what ...

A new peer-reviewed study alleges that 18 of the 100 most-downloaded virtual private network (VPN) apps on the Google Play Store are secretly connected in three large families, despite claiming to be ...

A new study has uncovered that more than 20 VPN apps on the Google Play Store share the same codebases and infrastructure, despite presenting themselves as independent services. Together, these apps ...

Editor's take: In theory, VPN services and applications are meant to offer customers enhanced privacy and data security online. In practice, however, an alarmingly high number of VPNs fail to deliver ...

Nearly two dozen VPN applications in Google Play contain security weaknesses impacting the privacy of their users, exposing transmitted data to decryption, a new Citizen Lab report shows. Furthermore, ...

Apps for all popular platforms come with a staggering number of advanced privacy and security features. Has a watertight no-logs policy. Proton VPN is based in Switzerland and publishes a transparency ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Max Eddy Max Eddy is a writer who has covered privacy and security — including ...

Ten of the top 100 virtual private network (VPN) apps on the Apple App Store and Google Play are covertly owned by Chinese companies that may put user privacy in danger, researchers are warning. It's ...