Rethinking VPNs for Security: What You Need to Know

There are valid reasons to use a VPN (which I'll explain), but if you listen to most YouTubers, a VPN has somehow become the end-all-be-all security and privacy app. It's not. This isn't the most popular opinion on the internet, but it's true. In this video, we cover: ▶ The truth about your current internet security (without a VPN) ▶ What are the legitimate reasons to use a VPN? ▶ What are the things that a VPN CANNOT do? If you care about your personal security and privacy online, download my free security checklist here: ✅ Security Checklist: https://www.allthingssecured.com/security-checklist-pdf/ Don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/c/allthingssecured?sub_confirmation=1 🔹🔹🔹What You Should Watch Next🔹🔹🔹 We've got a lot of great privacy- and security-related content here on the All Things Secured YouTube channel (although we admit we're a bit biased). If you're wanting to increase your online cybersecurity, here's what's next: ✅ Change these 7 Facebook Privacy Settings NOW! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBdFF2Bm5jg ✅ How to reduce your reliance on Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ziYwwuNmns ✅ How to easily secure your home WiFi network: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiVkbOggOBQ 🔹🔹🔹Help Support All Things Secured (Recommended Services)🔹🔹🔹 If you enjoy this kind of practical security and privacy content, one of the best ways you can help support this channel is by using these affiliate links to our favorite products and services. When purchasing through these links, you not only get the best available deal, the companies will also pay us a small commission. Thank you for your support! ✅ Recommended Password Manager: https://www.allthingssecured.com/yt/proton-pass ✅ Recommended Identity Monitoring: https://www.allthingssecured.com/try/identity-guard-yt ✅ Recommended 2FA Security Key: https://www.allthingssecured.com/yt/yubikey ✅ Recommended Secure Email: https://www.allthingssecured.com/try/protonmail-yt ✅ Recommended VPN: https://www.allthingssecured.com/try/nordvpn-yt ********************* Video Timestamps ********************* 0:00 - Introduction to VPNs 1:27 - Internet Security Truths 3:07 - What does a VPN do? 5:15 - What does a VPN not do? 6:11 - The biggest threat to your online security and privacy 6:47 - How to avoid common security issues ********************* In this video, I'll clarify the confusion around the security and privacy that a virtual private network, or "VPN" can provide you. There's a lot of misinformation floating around YouTube and the internet! Additionally, we'll cover the biggest threat to your online security that no piece of software can fix - and what you can do to deal with it.