A VPN, or virtual private network, is a secure tunnel between your device and the internet. VPNs are used to protect your online traffic from snooping, interference, and censorship. By using VPN your real IP and country will be hidden. What many people does not know is that VPN protects every software and application that connects to the Internet by encrypting the traffic. A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a network connection that permits you to create a secure connection through the public Internet to private networks.