What is a VPN? Explained in 4 levels of difficulty | NordVPN

✅ NordVPN - Best VPN for travel abroad ✅ Specialty servers for powerful privacy in 60 countries 🌎 CLICK HERE - Exclusive YouTube offer: https://content.nordvpn.com/3QWRd0j *** What is a VPN? There’s more than one answer. Actually, there are four. In this video, we explain what is a VPN in 4 levels of difficulty. Level 1 — what is a VPN explained to a 5-year-old. Level 2 — a teenager. Level 3 — a casual user. Level 4 — an advanced user. *** Contents of the video: 00:00 Intro 00:13 Level 1 — 5-year-old 00:59 Level 2 — teenager 02:16 Level 3 — casual user 03:14 Level 4 — advanced user 03:52 Outro *** Level 1 We all want to be as safe as possible. That’s why we need to follow rules that protect us. For example, one of the most important rules is “don’t talk to strangers.” That’s because strangers are — well — strangers. They might be great people, or they might have bad intentions. The internet is a bit different than real life. Threats are not as easy to spot. It’s full of strangers, and they can watch what you do online without you even noticing it. Using a VPN is one of the rules you need to follow if you want to be safer online. It’s just like closing curtains. A VPN covers your online activity to protect it from those who are trying to get a peek. Level 2 Imagine a train arriving in a station. Anyone looking can see who’s inside and what they’re doing through the train's windows. What’s more, a public timetable announces where the train is headed. And that’s great. We all have an interest in knowing the destination. We even have an interest in seeing what’s inside the train — maybe it’s incredibly crowded, so we may choose to wait for the next one. It’s a different story when it comes to your online data. Your internet traffic is like that train. Anyone who’s looking can see what’s going inside. This should not be easily accessible knowledge — but it often is. Now imagine a special train with no windows and no timetable. The people inside know what they’re doing and where they’re going, but nobody looking at the train has any clue. When you use a VPN (which is short for “virtual private network”), your internet traffic becomes like that special train. ISPs and snoopers can see that you’re connected to the internet, but they can’t see your sensitive information and use it to harm you. A VPN tunnel enhances your privacy by encrypting data — in other words, making it look like gibberish to anyone who sees it. Level 3 A VPN is a cybersecurity tool. It hides your IP address and online activity by routing your internet traffic through an encrypted VPN server. A VPN keeps your online activity secure and shields it from anyone who might want to monitor it. Here are a couple of examples of how a VPN works. In some cases, you have no idea if the connection you’re using is secure. Hackers can easily exploit poorly configured Wi-Fi hotspots. Or they can set up their own hotspot, name it “FREE Wi-Fi,” wait until you connect, and extract your sensitive details. A VPN encrypts all your traffic. Even if the connection you’re using isn’t secure, your online data remains safe. Let’s say you’re traveling through a country that restricts internet access to some websites or services. With a VPN, you can change your virtual location at will. Connect to a VPN server in your home country, and browse the internet as if you’re on your sofa. Level 4 When you connect to a VPN, it authenticates your client with a VPN server. A secure connection — a tunnel — between your device and the server is created. But before being sent and received, any data needs to be split into packets. To ensure each data packet stays secure, a VPN wraps it in an outer packet, which is then encrypted through encapsulation. This exterior packet keeps the data secure during the transfer, and it is the core element of the VPN tunnel. The outer packet is removed through decryption when the data arrives at the VPN server. *** About NordVPN NordVPN is part of Nord Security, an online security company that aims to provide users with all the necessary online security tools. NordVPN is the world’s leading VPN provider, protecting millions of internet users every day. We employ next-generation tech solutions to make sure our users enjoy online safety with peace of mind. Thanks to one of these advanced solutions — NordLynx, a Wireguard-based tunneling solution — NordVPN has become the fastest VPN on the planet, as confirmed by the latest speed tests. *** Get NordVPN now and enjoy privacy and safety 👉 🥳 https://content.nordvpn.com/3QWRd0j 🎉 *** Follow us on social media too: https://www.facebook.com/NordVPN/ https://www.instagram.com/nordvpn/ https://www.tiktok.com/@nordvpn Subscribe to NordVPN Germany or NordVPN France to learn more about digital privacy and security in your native language 🖥️🔒🗺️ @NordVPNenfrancais @NordVPNaufDeutsch