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Let’s say you want to visit google.com. When you type that URL into your web browser without a VPN, your ISP will receive a request from your computer asking for the website at google.com. Your ISP will then forward that request to Google, who will then send back the desired web page via your ISP which is then displayed on your computer.

A VPN is installed either on your web browser as an extension or on your computer, where it runs as a background program. When you type in google.com on a device with a VPN, that request is intercepted by the VPN service. It puts that google.com request in a lock box and then sends a request to the VPN’s own servers. Your ISP (and any hackers) will only see a request sent to the VPN’s servers, not the actual website you want to visit. The VPN’s servers then open that lock box and send the request to Google, which returns the web page to the VPN provider, which then locks it again, then transmits it back to your computer via your ISP. The program on your computer then unlocks that box and displays the web page for you to use.

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