Protect privacy and avoid geo-blocking with a VPN The basics No protection against cookies VPN-Light with Opera Set up ProtonVPN You always feel like you’re online under observation. Advertising networks track whether one would rather buy the shampoo with an apple scent or the one with a pear flavor; Secret services, whether you use the word bomb in a chat and the provider saves all possible information anyway.

With a VPN you protect yourself and your data. You can normally be identified on the network with your IP address. A comparison: Your exact place of residence can be found with the street, house number and city, your PC can be identified via the IP address. A VPN hides your real IP address and you assume that of the VPN. For the system on the other hand, you are no longer in Germany, but in the USA, South Africa or Australia. So the geo-blocking of some websites becomes ineffective.

In addition, all data is encrypted and outsiders cannot see it. This is especially important in tricky situations: Your data is particularly vulnerable in public WLANs – after all, you share the network with a bunch of unknown people. And who actually created the WLAN? The cafe owner? Or a criminal? With a VPN you can surf safely in public hotspots.

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