What Is a VPN and How Does It Work? (No Tech Jargon)
A VPN creates an encrypted tunnel for your internet traffic and masks your IP address, keeping your activity private from ISPs, snoops, and region-blocks. Here’s what it does and why it matters.

A VPN creates an encrypted tunnel for your internet traffic and masks your IP address, keeping your activity private from ISPs, snoops, and region-blocks. Here’s what it does and why it matters.

Not all free VPNs are created equal — most are either data-cap traps or outright data-selling schemes. Here are the ones on Windows that genuinely hold up in 2026.