You know you do it – you go to Starbucks, the airport, or somewhere where they have free Wi-Fi and you sign on to save your data. Why wouldn’t you, this makes total sense, especially if you’re on your laptop working. However, public Wi-Fi is not secure. As your sitting there working away, anyone also on that network can be accessing your data. It’s a scary thought right?
This alone should convince you to get one, but another cool feature of a VPN is your ability to mask your location. If you’re abroad and you want to look like you’re in the USA so you can watch USA movies, or sign in to your .com URLs, then VPN makes that possible.
Most sites, when they say “I don’t recognize this browser” are looking at your IP address. A VPN also makes it so no matter where you are in the world, you have the ability to use the same IP address, meaning you don’t have to re-bless your browsers.
I remember being on vacation once with friends in Mexico and one of my friends couldn’t log into her email automation account. It wouldn’t let her log in to her account from Mexico, so she couldn’t set up any new email campaigns while she was on vacation. Isn’t it nice to know there’s a work-around???
A VPN also puts all of your devices on the same network, which means they can talk to each other – share files, etc… I use Express VPN and you can get your first month free by clicking my affiliate link.