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Public wifi

Problem: "I want to secure my internet connection on public Wi-Fi (security)."

How Proton VPN solves it:

This is a misconception. If you’re connected to the Starbucks wifi and log in to your bank account, hackers won’t be able to intercept your login credentials and steal your $. Today, most of the internet uses HTTPS (lock symbol in URL), which means the connection between your browser and the website server is encrypted, so a VPN won’t do much here. Where it may help increase the security of your device is when you have open ports and there is someone else at Starbucks who is able to exploit this (it is a rather improbable/weak use case though). Where Proton VPN can help is in protecting your privacy—for example, ensuring that the owner of the public wifi can’t access your browsing history (and therefore can’t sell it to advertisers).

Key Features:

  • Mask your IP: Connect to any VPN server with one click (Quick Connect), and Proton VPN will hide your real IP address, preventing websites from tracking you accurately.

  • No-logs policy: We have a strict no-logs policy that has been audited and verified by independent security audits (with full reports publicly available), so you can trust us when we say we don’t keep logs of your activity.

  • Transparency: all our app codes, company ownership, leadership team, data collection, and usage are all publicly available.

  • Easy to use and available on all your devices.