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What is a VPN

A short explanation of how an encrypted tunnel works

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is an encrypted tunnel between your device and a remote node. Anything the network between you and that node sees is an encrypted stream, not the content of the sites you're opening.

How it works

  1. Your device encrypts traffic

    Before a packet ever leaves your phone or laptop.

  2. Tunnel to a server

    Encrypted data travels to a VPN server — with MearVPN, your own server.

  3. The server reaches the internet

    On the server's behalf, not your device's, directly.

  4. The response returns the same way

    Back through the encrypted tunnel.

Why it matters

Public networks are unpredictable

A hotel or café Wi-Fi isn't only controlled by its owner.

Your provider sees less

The network operator sees an encrypted stream, not a list of sites you opened.

The same protection everywhere

At home, traveling, roaming — the connection is encrypted the same way.

Without a VPN

The network you're connected to can see which domains you're reaching, and in some cases intercept traffic.

With MearVPN

Traffic is encrypted from your device to your server; the network only sees an encrypted stream to a single address.