Should you use a VPN? | VPN explained

if you asked anyone to have a vpn

explained they're either going to call

it a tool for cybercrime or an overly

advertised gimmick if that's the case

well then why use a vpn

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hey guys i'm mike and let's get right

into it and address some of these

controversies huh look a vpn is not for

cyber criminals

at its very basic level it's a tool to

protect your online privacy and that is

not a crime but of course doing illegal

stuff with a vpn is well still illegal

now vpn marketing is a whole other beast

way too often it targets people's

paranoia and vpn suddenly become the

sole solution to every single cyber

problem out there and that's certainly

not the truth is it there's no need to

over exaggerate what a vpn can do there

are plenty of logical reasons why you

would want to use a vpn or well why i

use one at least

okay so one of the very first reasons is

of course online safety and that comes

down to how a vpn works whenever i

connect to a vpn server i get a whole

new ip address so yes a vpn is the first

answer in how to hide your ip

but the main thing here is the

encryption if somebody intercepts my vpn

protected connection well they're just

going to see a hodgepodge of letters

symbols and numbers such protection is

probably the main reason why i'd say yes

to the do i need a vpn question it helps

avoid tracking from your isp the

government or even those annoying

invasive ad companies

but okay that feels a little conspiracy

theory-ish right so let's get down to

earth and take the public wi-fi dangers

into account simple question is public

wi-fi safe

sorry to break it to you but it's not

even close it's super vulnerable

but given the dangers i still don't want

to stay locked down to my home wifi

forever i mean if i want to work from a

cafe i should be able to go and do

exactly that but each time i do i make

sure to connect to a vpn to stay

protected

now besides safety there are quite a few

practical uses as well

the reality of working with people

around the world is that we need to

connect to remote servers a lot

so why use a vpn for that well it lets

me connect to a remote network and gives

me access to things that i otherwise

couldn't possibly get a hold of your

workplace or even your school might

require such a step since it's way safer

to region lock servers containing the

sensitive data

which brings me to my next point geo

restrictions well

from a different perspective anyway

bbc netflix hulu yada yada yada so many

streaming services are all guilty of

restricting their content to specific

locations since a vpn can change my

virtual location one thing leads to

another and suddenly i'm just another

guest over on netflix japan

now this is the main stuff i personally

use a vpn for since there are certain

situations that i don't encounter all

that much like do i need vpn to bypass

censorship not really no i don't live in

a restrictive regime but hey you might

should you use vpn to get around those

restrictions

if that's what you need then yeah get on

it there are less extreme use cases too

like learning how to unblock sites at

school searching for cheap flight deals

and all that stuff so whatever you can

squeeze out of your vpn service do it i

like to use the vpn ability to block ads

so i don't need to install separate

tools in general it's easy to set up and

easy to use

sure it's not a solution to every

problem but it's helpful in many ways

and well that's enough for me

now if you're getting interested in vpn

well we always leave special deals for

our favorite best vpn service picks

right in the description but now comes

the question should you buy one or

should you get one for free

i get it if you can get a free service

why use vpn that charges you for stuff

well in the world of free vpns

it's actually not so peachy take a look

at this 25 million bean vpn user records

were exposed what else can you say this

free vpn is definitely not the most

secure vpn 2022

but there are a couple of reliable free

vpn options out there and we do often

recommend them on this channel but for

me they're just too restrictive no

additional features slow speeds very

limited server choices and streaming

barely works if at all

free ones are really only enough for

baseline bare bones protection if you

want something more well only the best

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as we can hey i hope i got the vpn

explained properly and answered the

question of should you use a vpn at home

what you use it for and do you need a

vpn at all well that's up to you this

video is simply my own answer to

why i should use a vpn in 2022 hey

thanks for sticking around to the end i

hope to see you in the next one