Most VPN companies have both a PC client and a Mobile client so you can protect yourself no matter what device connects to the questionable WiFi network. If you don’t connect to the free WiFi (at the coffee shop, the hotel, the healthcare provider, etc.) then your needs are much lower.
Recommendation
Which is best? Well, that’s up to how much you want to pay and what features matter to you. I’d recommend a “no logging” VPN that doesn’t have records so they have nothing to turn over to the feds when subpoenaed (your traffic remains private). Don’t use a free VPN service, those are suspicious.
There are a few articles that rank the best VPN but I won’t tell you which to select.
Dam thanks for all the info.
I’m honestly super low risk. With my pc, which I minimally use is only on my home wifi
And my phone is mostly the same - but if I am out n about I usually use my seevice providers data, never free wifi. But some of the stuff I was reading still makes me nervous about issues even using it on my home secure WiFi. Hackers be crazy
PC or Mobile?
Most VPN companies have both a PC client and a Mobile client so you can protect yourself no matter what device connects to the questionable WiFi network. If you don’t connect to the free WiFi (at the coffee shop, the hotel, the healthcare provider, etc.) then your needs are much lower.
Recommendation
Which is best? Well, that’s up to how much you want to pay and what features matter to you. I’d recommend a “no logging” VPN that doesn’t have records so they have nothing to turn over to the feds when subpoenaed (your traffic remains private). Don’t use a free VPN service, those are suspicious.
There are a few articles that rank the best VPN but I won’t tell you which to select.
Dam thanks for all the info. I’m honestly super low risk. With my pc, which I minimally use is only on my home wifi And my phone is mostly the same - but if I am out n about I usually use my seevice providers data, never free wifi. But some of the stuff I was reading still makes me nervous about issues even using it on my home secure WiFi. Hackers be crazy