VPN third party processors are outside companies that a VPN provider relies on to handle some of the data connected to your service, such as payments, email delivery, hosting, and customer support. Many readers never…
DNS leak protection is a set of safeguards that keeps your device’s name lookups inside your VPN tunnel, rather than sending them to your internet provider. When it works, websites you visit are looked up…
VPN protocol compatibility describes whether a given virtual private network protocol can run on a particular device, operating system, router or network without special software. Many readers assume any VPN app works everywhere, but the…
VPN provider dedicated IP addresses are public addresses reserved for a single customer rather than shared among many users of the same service. Understanding how they differ from standard shared addresses helps readers decide whether…
VPN privacy policy language is the set of written terms a provider uses to describe what data it collects, keeps, shares and deletes. Many readers skip these documents because they are long and technical. Yet…
When an app reports VPN Server Unavailable, your device cannot reach the server it was trying to use, so the protected connection never starts. The message is frustrating, but it usually points to a fixable…
IKEv2 Mobility Extensions are a set of rules that let an IPsec VPN keep its secure connection alive when your device changes networks, such as moving from WiFi to cellular data. Without them, a switch…
VPN Provider Data Center Partnerships describe the arrangements a VPN company makes with third-party hosting companies to place its servers in facilities it does not own. Many people assume a VPN runs on its own…
VPN privacy policy changes are updates a provider makes to the document describing what data it collects, keeps, shares, and how long it stores that information. Many users accept these updates without reading them, even…
Site to Site VPN Basics cover how two separate networks, such as a main office and a branch location, can exchange traffic over the public internet as if they were directly connected. This arrangement is…