VPN stands for Virtual Private Network . This term refers to a private network that operates through a public network, generally the Internet, which allows users connected within it to communicate with each other, to considerably increase the security of their connection, to navigate on encrypted foreign sites and to mask your IP address. By virtue of these characteristics, VPNs are enjoying a high success also as regards connections from smartphones and tablets with an Android operating system.
The VPN is a closed network, in which only users who use the same communication system can access. Obviously, as regards a VPN created to be managed by Android users, the communication system exploited will be the Internet.
What is a VPN?
Accessing the web through a VPN, allows the user to surf anonymously from the smartphone or Android tablet, by masking his IP and transforming it into a code belonging to a foreign country. In this way, in addition to protecting your data and your identity, you have the ability to browse all those sites that from a certain country may not be accessible (such as Facebook in China).
Accessing the web through a VPN, allows the user to surf anonymously from the smartphone or Android tablet, by masking his IP and transforming it into a code belonging to a foreign country. In this way, in addition to protecting your data and your identity, you have the ability to browse all those sites that from a certain country may not be accessible (such as Facebook in China).
One of the main functions reserved for users hosted on the same VPN is to allow them to achieve a level of communication comparable to that of a home network. VPN connectivity offers the possibility to exchange data and information of any kind, in maximum security, allowing access to the network only to those in possession of the password. A VPN server, to ensure high security of data that are exchanged between users connected to the same network, has the task to encrypt the data sent by the sender, which will be subsequently decrypted by the recipient, who is in possession of the key because belonging to the same sender network.
Using an Android VPN client is extremely useful for those who often surf on public or otherwise unprotected Wi-Fi networks. Surfing on the internet using free W-lan, such as those found in restaurants, stations, and airports can encourage the intrusion of hackers inside their smartphone or tablet, with a very high risk of data theft as a password, credentials of bank accounts, telephone contacts and credit card numbers. Through a VPN client, data is protected and encrypted, making the device inaccessible to third parties.
Given the great success of VPNs, on the market are available, even in a free version, the app created specifically to allow the easy creation of VPNs and to allow users to encrypt their connection, overlapping access to a virtual connection in a few simple taps. Among the most important and well-known apps to mask their connection through the functionality of VPN networks, CyberGhostVPN and VyprVPN , applications compatible with Android operating systems, are available for both smartphones and tablets.
CyberGhostVPN is an extremely simple app to use. The application is also available in freeware version, which allows you to browse for six consecutive hours or until you reach a gigabyte of monthly traffic. Once the available hours have been exhausted, it is still possible to start a new connection, always free of charge and respecting the monthly traffic. For those who need a connection to the VPN without limits, subscriptions are available, with costs starting from € 4 per month.
Once installed the app and created your personal account, the program allows you to easily create an encrypted connection, taking advantage of the servers made available to CyberGhost. At any time the user can obtain the encryption of his IP by pressing a specific button, as well as interrupt the protected connection and return to navigation in standard mode. Paid subscriptions allow the user to select the server to use, associating his IP address with that of the country where the server is hosted.
VyprVPN is an application developed by GoldenFrog and compatible with Android operating systems. The program in question is the ideal solution for those who travel often and need to be able to navigate from countries where there is a high level of censorship regarding access to websites, such as in Russia, China, Turkey and in Korea. And like any VPN client, VyprVPN guarantees at all times the security of its data and an anonymous connection, in the utmost respect for its privacy, regardless of the place in which it is located. The program proves to be easy to use even for non-expert users.
Unlike CyberGhost, VyprVPN is available only through the subscription of a monthly subscription, to be chosen among three different packages. The premium package, the most complete and versatile, offers 50 gigabytes of monthly cloud space, as well as the ability to create VPNs and connect to the Internet via masked IP. Finally, the package allows access from three different Android devices simultaneously. The annual cost of the Premium subscription is $99.