The Nym Privacy Hub
Everything you need to know about online privacy
Learn the essentials of internet privacy: its importance, common considerations, and tips for protecting your data online. We explore how tools like VPNs, including Nym's decentralized VPN, can help safeguard your privacy from tracking and surveillance.
What is a VPN?
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is network service that serves as a proxy for your traffic in connecting with the web. A VPN allows users to change their IP address, access foreign information and content, and provides security while on unprotected networks. There are different types of VPNs that must be considered when choosing a VPN service if your privacy is a top concern: free vs. paid versions, and centralized vs. decentralized. And not all VPNs come with the same security features and guarantees. Nym has broken it all down for you so you can make the right choice for your privacy needs.
Essential VPN protections
Tunneled encryption
Protects your data for interence while en route between your device and the VPN server
IP address obfuscation
Replaces your IP address with that of the VPN server so that your traffic appears to come from the VPN and not you
Geo-location selection
Choose where in the world from where you want your traffic to connect with the web
Censorship resistance
Overcome barriers to information and content access
VPN Basics
What is a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
A guide to the popular privacy tool with centralized and decentralized forms
Are VPNs legal?: Where you can (and can’t) use a VPN
A global guide to VPN legality — learn which countries permit them, which don’t, and how to stay protected
Can you be tracked while using a VPN?
VPNs are great privacy tools, but you can still be tracked. Choose the right type of VPN to avoid it.
Do VPNs protect you from hackers? Experts answer
VPNs can be powerful tools in protecting us from hackers, but not all cyber attacks. dVPNs are even more effective.
What VPNs can do for you & how they protect you
A VPN service is only as good as the security it provides. Here’s what a VPN is, and what it can and can’t do to protect you online.
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Types of VPNs explained
There are two types of general VPN infrastructures: those that route traffic through centralized servers and those using decentralized server networks. But VPNs often market themselves in different ways. Read about these different types so you can choose the right service.
What Is a Double VPN? Multi-Hop Privacy Explained
Users looking for double VPN protection really need a decentralized VPN
What is a “P2P VPN”?
Learn what P2P means, and how decentralized networks make for a more private VPN
Decentralized VPNs (dVPNs): What are they?
What decentralized VPNs are and how they are different from traditional ones.
Blockchain-based VPNs: All you need to know
In this article you'll learn how a new wave of VPNs use the blockchain to ensure decentralization and more.
What is “Onion over VPN”? Tor explained
Tor provides a lot of privacy online, but it is struggling with network censorship. Multi-hop and decentralized VPNs can help
What Is a Residential VPN?
Stay private online with a residential VPN that uses real residential IP addresses for anonymity.
What is a mixnet? Unparalleled online privacy with a VPN
Learn how a mixnet works and how it can power the world's most private VPN
What to consider when choosing a VPN
Nym provides guidance in navigating the market for VPNs. Here's what you should look out for and how to compare the different features and protections VPNs offer. Trust us, the difference can be significant.
Choosing the best VPN provider
Getting real privacy from a VPN service is not as easy as you think
The best anonymous VPNs: What to look for
What to look for in a VPN service to make sure you’re truly anonymous online.
How VPNs impact internet speed (and why it’s usually not a big deal)
How VPNs affect connection speed — and why privacy still comes first
Decentralized VPNs vs traditional VPNs: All the differences
Decentralized VPNs aim to solve the trust problems in traditional VPNs. Learn about all the differences between dVPNs and regular VPNs.
Why use a VPN on your iPhone? Protect your privacy anywhere
A powerful iPhone deserves powerful privacy. Start with a VPN that protects everything.
Advanced VPN features
Kill switch
Post-quantum cryptography
Key rotation
Noise
VPN features explained
A VPN does not provide only one function to protect your privacy. There are many different features that contribute to protecting your data while it is in transit. Nym explains all of these features that you should look for in choosing a VPN provider.
What is a kill switch for VPN?
Making sure your data stays in the encrypted tunnel with NymVPN
Split tunneling with a VPN
Split tunneling gives users flexibility and efficiency when using a VPN, but with security risks. Mixnets provide a third option.
What is Wireguard VPN & how does it work?
How the fastest VPN encryption protocol available works
Encryption & data protection (all you need to know)
Explore how different types of VPNs use encryption to protect your data and privacy
Censorship technologies and resistance: A global arms race
Dr. Navid Yousefian investigates how censorship technology works, and how people can resist them: Part 2
Read more about Nym's take on VPNs
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Free VPNs used in massive botnet that exploited millions of devices
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Nym is more than a VPN
The first app that protects you from AI surveillance thanks to a noise-generating mixnet
Nym’s zero-knowledge network: No logging promises needed
Turning a VPN no log’s policy into a network design and guarantee
