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VPN PROVIDERS

ON TEST…

CyberGhost VPN

ExpressVPN

NordVPN

Private Internet Access

TunnelBear

Windscribe

A VIRTUAL PRIVATE Network (VPN) exists to make it harder, if not impossible, to identify both you and your location online. When switched on, a VPN encrypts all the data you send to the internet to hide your activity from your internet provider and your location from whichever website or internet service you’re using. It also protects you when surfing through Wi–Fi networks, protected or open.

Technically, only the VPN knows what you’re doing, so it’s important that it promises to keep no personally identifiable logs of your activities, either for its own benefit or if subpoenaed by a government agency.

In this roundup, we’ve taken six of the leading VPN providers and tested them for all the key things you need from a

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