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VPN: Buying Advice, Tips, and News
If you want to protect your online privacy, you need a VPN. We review dozens of them and these are the best VPNs we've tested.
Our 11 Top Picks

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Rest easy knowing that your personal information is secured when browsing online thanks to one of these award-winning VPNs. Find the one that’s right for you (at a nice discount, too).

By Jade Chung-Lee  & Karl Klockars

Video streaming services often try to block VPN access. We explain why and tell you which of our top-rated VPNs work with our favorite streamers.

By Chris Stobing

With an at-home workforce, a VPN can be a useful tool for protecting employee traffic and company data. These are the top VPNs we've tested for businesses in 2024.

By Kim Key  & Chris Stobing

Lifetime VPNs might not last forever, but this one should cover you for the foreseeable future.

Public Wi-Fi networks aren't always safe, and college towns are full of them. These are the best VPNs for protecting your privacy, whether it's on campus, at a coffee shop, or at home.

By Chris Stobing

Using a VPN, or virtual private network, is one of the best ways to protect your online privacy. We review dozens, and these are the top VPNs we've tested.

By Chris Stobing

A VPN can protect your web traffic from prying eyes, and that includes your BitTorrent activity. Whether you're a P2P seeder or leecher, these are the top VPNs for torrenting.

By Chris Stobing

Need a VPN for Canada? We've reviewed the best in the business.

By Chris Stobing
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While sleek on the surface, OysterVPN still needs several features, servers, and performance upgrades before it can take on well-established competitors.

By Chris Stobing

If you're short on cash, you can still use a VPN to improve your privacy online. Here's everything you need to know about what you get (and don't get) with the best free VPN services we've tested.

By Chris Stobing

While a good VPN will protect your online privacy, it almost certainly won't make your internet connection faster. Some have far less performance impact than others, however. These VPNs fare best in our speed tests.

By Chris Stobing

The flaw can pave the way for a sophisticated hacker to spy and redirect user traffic over a vulnerable VPN server. However, several major VPN brands are immune to the threat.

By Michael Kan

VPNs are useful for preserving your online privacy, but Netflix does its best to block subscribers who use them. These are the top VPNs that currently work with Netflix in the US.

By Chris Stobing

Google will now provide dark web reports for free for all users with a Google account.

By Kate Irwin

After more than a year of war, the need for secure and private online communications in Ukraine is as critical as ever. We explain how VPNs can help and give our top picks of virtual private networks for Ukrainians.

By Chris Stobing

VPNs are intended to protect your privacy, but using them in China is complicated. We list the VPN providers that have servers in mainland China and Hong Kong and explain some of the issues surrounding their use.

By Chris Stobing

President Vladimir Putin has been going after VPN services for years to prevent people from accessing services with content critical of Russia.

By Emily Price

Windscribe VPN's Pro Plan comes with a huge array of secure servers and speed-saving features like split tunneling for under $80.

Whether you're connecting to a UK-based service from abroad or you're looking to protect your traffic while traveling, these are our top VPN picks for the United Kingdom.

By Chris Stobing

Anyone looking to circumvent censorship and protect their privacy in Russia might consider using a VPN. We explain why and give our top picks for virtual private networks in Russia.

By Chris Stobing