Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks


The Internet has several use cases and applications in the current world scenario. However, as we continue to use the internet more and more, each user activity is tracked. This tracking might not necessarily be malicious, but it is an invasion of our privacy. The reason behind our internet activity being tracked by various sites and networks is to precisely target us with advertisements. These networks understand our browsing habits and acquire that data to accurately target us. This is why if you lookup for a product online and then move to general browsing, you’ll see ads of that product across websites and applications. An internet user can hide their browsing patterns and avoid being tracked by using a VPN connection. Follow the article to the end to know everything about VPNs.
What exactly is a VPN and What it Does?
VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. A VPN just establishes a secured connection between you and the internet. Whenever you connect to a VPN connection, you’re just connecting to a secondary network. VPN’s for broadband connection restricts any internet activity from being tracked by sites and networks. It extends a private network across a public network. A VPN is also used for remote working as it enables a company to give access to its employees working remotely, to access their private files and data.
How does a VPN Connection work?
A VPN home network provides internet anonymity because of which a user can freely browse and enjoy surfing the internet without fear of being tracked. It connects your device to a private server and also hides your true IP address. Using a process called Tunneling, a VPN connection encapsulates and encrypts your data. Encrypting your data makes the data unreadable, which means that no site or network would be able to access and discover it.