VPNs can protect you, but it’s important to know their limits.
VPNs can:
✅ Hide your IP address from websites
✅ Prevent your ISP and gov't from tracking you
✅ P2P peers can’t track you by IP address
VPNs cannot:
⚠️ Keep you fully anonymous online
⚠️ Bypass bandwidth throttling
⚠️ Defeat sophisticated censorship
In the article below, we evaluate who can potentially track you when using a VPN – from P2P peers to Google to your employer. Learn more: https://protonvpn.com/blog/can-be-tracked-using-vpn/.
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