Decentralized VPNs (dVPNs): What are they?

What are decentralized VPNs and how are they are different from traditional ones?

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Decentralized VPNs (dVPNs) are more secure than traditional VPNs for a simple reason: they don't have central points of failure (and attack).

When we are online our privacy is constantly under threat. Both entities trying to violate people's privacy and those who try to protect it are always developing new ways to reach their goal. One of the most advanced ways to protect our online privacy is using decentralized technologies.

When they arrived on the market VPNS (Virtual Private Networks) seemed to be the best protection for users' privacy. What a VPN does, is encrypting and rerouting the users internet traffic and doing so they grant a certain degree of anonymity, privacy, and security online

However, given recent developments with data breaches and surveillance, the security architectures of these traditional VPNs cannot protect us enough. This is because they centralize our data.

What can a decentralized VPN do?

Think of a dVPN as first making a puzzle out of you and your data. It then distributes all the pieces to different people to carry. If the puzzle is a message, a dVPN makes it so that the full picture of it arrives securely without being viewed or intercepted on its journey. If it’s an activity intended to be covered up, then it can never be seen all at once or traced back to you. This is a revolutionary step in online privacy and security.

With dVPNs, we no longer need to put our trust in the hands of sole VPN companies to keep our data safe. Given the exploitation of our metadata and government pressure to turn over user data, this is something VPNs are increasingly unable to do. Thankfully, we can now leverage the power of decentralized networks and advanced encryption to stay anonymous online.

In this article you will understand how decentralized VPNs work, how they are different from traditional ones and why they are better for your privacy.

How is a decentralized VPN different from a VPN?

When we turn to a VPN, we expect our identity, data, and activities to be hidden and protected. However, VPNs often fail to absolutely guarantee our privacy because they centralize user data. dVPNs are novel in eliminating this security vulnerability. Check out this article if you want to explore all the differences between dVPNs and traditional VPNs.

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