Everything You Need to Know About VPNs for Travel
Updated : 7/17/20 | July 17th, 2020 Dave Dean from Too Many Adapters is a tech expert. In this guest post, he delves deep into Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to explain what they are, how they work, and why you as a traveler should be using them. These days, everyone travels with a computer. Whether it’s a smartphone, tablet, or laptop, we’re all connected when we’re abroad. While this technology does make travel easier, it also opens us up to new risks. From stolen credit card numbers to governmental spying to hacked emails, cybersecurity is usually something we overlook when we’re planning our trips. Sure, we’ll buy travel insurance to protect our health. But we often overlook ensuring that our data and information are kept safe too. Free Wi-Fi is available pretty much everywhere to travelers, from coffee shops to hostels to airport lounges. Yet as we casually surf the web and connect with friends and family back home, we’re opening ourselves ...