What is a VPN?

A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, encrypts data sent between your device and destinations across the Internet. When using a VPN for personal privacy, your entire network stream is securely encapsulated so your mobile carrier or internet service provider (ISP) cannot surveil, log, or manipulate your browsing activity.

Alice’s ISP can track every site she visits, and so can yours.

Without a VPN, your connection passes openly through your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and mobile network provider, exposing your private habits. If websites do not employ strict HTTPS, every page you request, download, or read is fully visible to your ISP. Even when HTTPS is present, the domain names, SNI metadata, and destination IP addresses are easily monitored and recorded at negligible cost.

On public Wi-Fi networks in airports, cafes, and hotels, unprotected packets can be intercepted by eavesdroppers or malicious actors sharing the local subnet, exposing personal data and session tokens without your awareness.

As illustrated in Alice’s scenario, her network stream traverses the ISP unencrypted. Her ISP records each endpoint connection, while destination web servers log her direct personal IP address, providing zero privacy.

Bob uses VPN for Android to protect his privacy instead.

With VPN for Android, your device establishes an authenticated, encrypted cryptographic tunnel to one of our hardened bare-metal servers before reaching the wider internet. All traffic flowing through your carrier or ISP is protected by state-of-the-art cryptography, preventing ISP logging or packet inspection.

In Bob’s scenario, his packets are encrypted before leaving his Android device. His ISP only observes an encrypted tunnel connected to a VPN for Android gateway IP address. The web servers he accesses only see the VPN gateway's shared IP address. Because our infrastructure operates strictly with zero logging, Bob enjoys total connection confidentiality.