Six articles to get you from "what's a VPN?" to genuinely understanding what one does and when you need it. No condescension, no marketing.
Plain-English definition. What it does, what it doesn't. ~1000 words.
Read βThe actual flow: client β encrypt β tunnel β server β internet. With diagrams.
Read βBoth route traffic, but they're different tools for different problems.
Read βRemote-access, site-to-site, personal, cloud. When each makes sense.
Read βWhen the free tier is enough, when paid is worth the money, and how each is funded.
Read βThe "tunnel" metaphor explained. Encapsulation, modes, what actually happens to your packets.
Read βTotal reading time: ~30 minutes if you go through all six. You can skip around β they're written to stand alone.
Once you've got the basics, the other categories build on them:
Coming soon. The honest version of "does a VPN make you anonymous?"
Coming soon. DNS leaks, WebRTC leaks, MITM, public WiFi threats.
Coming soon. WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2, all the under-the-hood details.
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