A VPN (Virtual Private Network) encrypts your internet traffic between your device and a VPN server. It’s one of the simplest ways to reduce exposure on public Wi‑Fi and to hide your home IP address from the websites you visit. What a VPN helps with Safer browsing on public Wi‑Fi (reduces local snooping). Masking your IP from websites (they see the VPN server’s IP). Reducing ISP-level visibility into your browsing destinations (depending on DNS). What a VPN does NOT do Stop c