{"id":42464,"date":"2021-08-20T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3f43e5fb-456c-4da1-a23b-35d7b6fe051d"},"modified":"2021-08-20T17:38:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T17:38:00","slug":"how-does-nordvpn-work-plus-how-to-set-it-up-use-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/how-does-nordvpn-work-plus-how-to-set-it-up-use-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How does NordVPN work? Plus how to set it up & use it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The acronym VPN stands for virtual private network. Those three words tell a lot about how a VPN works.<\/p>\n

Let’s start with network<\/em>. VPNs provide network connections, meaning they move data to and from your device. Private<\/em> means they make that movement private, helping prevent hackers from seeing what you’re sending. And virtual<\/em> means that you’re doing it all in software. You’re not running a new set of wires. Instead, you’re creating a software-based network connection that then moves data over the physical connection (whether that’s wireless or wired). <\/p>\n

Also: <\/strong>NordVPN review: A market leader with consistent speed and performance<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n

What a VPN actually does is take data that you’re sending out over the Internet and encrypt it before it leaves your machine. That encrypted data is sent to the VPN provider’s servers, where it’s decrypted, and then sent on to, say, Google or Netflix. NordVPN, which is the service we’re talking about today, has more than 5,200 servers across the world. <\/p>\n

Also: <\/strong>Meet NordSec: The company behind NordVPN wants to be your one-stop privacy suite<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n

On the flip side, a VPN takes data from a server on the internet, encrypts it on one of Nord’s servers, sends that encrypted data to your computer, which decrypts it when it arrives. <\/p>\n

This is what provides protection against, in particular, Wi-Fi snoops at airports, hotels, and schools. By virtue of your data leaving the VPN provider’s server (which, for NordVPN, can be in your choice of 60 countries), your actual location can be hidden, and the final server sees as your location what’s actually the location of your provider’s server. <\/p>\n

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Also: <\/strong>Inside a VPN service: How NordVPN conducts the business of Internet privacy<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n

That’s how VPNs obfuscate your location. Although it’s sometimes illegal, many people use this capability to change their apparent region to watch blacked-out sports or region-locked TV. Far more important is that activists and those concerned about stalkers use it to hide their location for their personal security. <\/p>\n

OK, so with that introduction into how VPNs — and, specifically, NordVPN — works, let’s look at how to set up and install NordVPN. We’re going to do this on a Windows machine, but the practice is very similar for Macs, Linux, and mobile devices. <\/p>\n

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