[..] all of your internet communication is encrypted and secured from eavesdropping.
The most important thing you need to know about a VPN: It secures your computer's internet connection to guarantee that all of the data you're sending and receiving is encrypted and secured from prying eyes.
Eh.. No?
It secures the data from you to the VPN provider. After that, it's just as open and unencrypted as it would otherwise be.
Sure, it probably helps protect your data from the local network & your ISP, and gives you extra anonymity. But after leaving the provider, the traffic would be in the clear, and if you use the same connection to log-in to your facebook, the anonymity will go out the window.
^ This. VPN is not a magic bullet. It stops your ISP from snooping and adds another hoop to jump through when tracing you. If the sites you visit (nodes you hit) are monitored you are still at risk.
[..] all of your internet communication is encrypted and secured from eavesdropping.
The most important thing you need to know about a VPN: It secures your computer's internet connection to guarantee that all of the data you're sending and receiving is encrypted and secured from prying eyes.
Eh.. No? It secures the data from you to the VPN provider. After that, it's just as open and unencrypted as it would otherwise be.
Sure, it probably helps protect your data from the local network & your ISP, and gives you extra anonymity. But after leaving the provider, the traffic would be in the clear, and if you use the same connection to log-in to your facebook, the anonymity will go out the window.