4 Reasons behind the Excessive Use of VPN & its Importance
A Virtual Private Network or more commonly known as VPN is a secure connection that allows you to link to another network over the internet. The primary function of any VPN is to provide an access to restricted websites, by providing a shield on your internet surfing activity from interference on a public Wi-Fi, and other networks. With this and countless other advantages, VPNs are quite popular. They are now used more as a way to link business networks together privately and securely over the internet and allow to gain an access to the business network from homes, or out of the working station.
A Virtual Private Network gathers all the network traffic to a single network. It has more benefits, like you can access local network resources at any location, and also bypassing any internet restriction. To make matters easier to use a VPN, most operating systems are now integrated with internal VPN support.
Why is VPN Important?
As discussed earlier, a VPN links your computers, smartphones, laptops or any other device to an external server, which is available on the internet. It allows you to surf the internet using that external server source’s internet connection. So if you are sitting in any country, and your server is located in a different country, it will appear as if you are operating from the server’s location. Which further allows you to access certain things easily that are blocked or unavailable at your current location.
If you are operating a business in the UK, but to keep your operational cost low, you decide to outsource all the support from another country. From the sales department to the IT, design and marketing support, everything can be managed from another country with the help of a VPN.
How does a Virtual Private Network work?
When you connect any device with a VPN, the connection becomes the same as the VPN’s local network. All the local traffic is directed to a secure link on the VPN. As your device will act like being on another network, it will allow you to securely access a local network resource, no matter where you are. You will be able to use the internet of VPN’s location. This practice has several benefits and today different companies and organizations are practicing operational procedures on VPNs all over the world.
When you are connected to a VPN, your device is in a continuous contact with the servers through an encoded VPN connection. Your request is forwarded by the VPN and the generated response from the website is served back to you from a secure connection.
What are the reasons behind the excessive use of VPN?
So how a VPN helps you? Apart from connecting your computer, mobile or any other device to a secure server, what are its true benefits? Let’s find out.
- Protecting your data and device when using insecure Wi-Fi or network hotspot
When you are connected with a VPN, you bypass all the insecurities that an open public network carries. So when you want to perform any online transaction or any other activity that requires using your banking credentials or even logging in your social media websites on an open network, a VPN can make sure your information remains safe and secure.
- Acquiring some privacy by hiding your location
By using a VPN, you can actually acquire some privacy with respect to concealing your true location. We all are bothered by the rules and data sharing of social media websites, and no matter how much we avoid sharing all our information, we usually end up doing so. A VPN connection makes sure that the user’s true location is not shared on any network.
- Operating a business from an another location
For an instance, you own an online travel agency that offers a platform to compare cheapest flights, and your work requires you to be present at a certain location all the time. But that is not possible as everyone needs to move at a particular time. So, for this reason, a VPN is the best choice to be virtually present at that location.
- Evading Geographical Limitations on websites
A great number of people and companies are using VPN to evade geographical limitations to watch online content which is not available in their country. Sometimes it is important to hide your location, to gain an access to a certain information.
Although there are several other professional and individual reasons to use a VPN, these four are the most basic and a vast majority uses it for these motives.
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Author of this content is a great blogger Yousuf A. Raza who loves guest blogging and content marketing. Currently, He is working as a digital marketing expert at Dream World Travel, Ltd. You can catch him at Facebook and Twitter to learn more about him.
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