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Remote work has never been so popular. With the Covid-19 pandemic, employees around the world have been forced to switch to remote work. After the end of the pandemic, there is no rush to return to the office, and studies show that the option to work remotely is a decisive advantage when choosing a job.
This format of work allows for a better work-life balance, but most employees still perceive remote work as working from home. In fact, you can work from anywhere in the world and securely connect to work systems with a free VPN.
What is a free VPN?
A free VPN works as a filter that converts all your data into arbitrary sets of characters (code) that cannot be cracked. It hides your IP address by redirecting traffic through a remote server via a secure channel. That is, if you connect to the Internet using a VPN, the VPN server becomes the source of the data.
Once you set up a VPN on your computer or smartphone, your device sends encrypted information to the VPN server. It decrypts and forwards the information to the web server, and hides your real IP address before sending the data. In this case, the IP address of the VPN server you are connected to is displayed.
After the web server responds, the VPN server encrypts the data and sends it to you. Your VPN client decrypts the data as soon as it arrives on your device. You don’t have to do any complicated manipulations, just select the program and connect it.
How to work remotely while traveling with a free VPN
Install a VPN on your gadgets at the stage of trip planning. Today, a free VPN for IOS, browser extensions, and a VPN app for Android are available. This way you can continue working safely from anywhere in the world. Moreover, you will have the freedom to decide to whom you want to disclose your current location. By connecting to a remote VPN server located in your country of residence, you can make third parties think that you are in that country and hide your real location.
So, these are the main reasons to use a VPN for remote work:
1. Security in a public Wi-Fi network.
Working remotely gives you the privilege of creating a workspace anywhere. You can work in a local coffee shop or on a beach in Italy using free Wi-Fi. But what happens to your security on a free Wi-Fi network?
Hackers target users of public Wi-Fi networks to steal their data and use it for malicious purposes. If you are also accessing your company’s servers over an unsecured connection, you may unknowingly allow criminals to infiltrate your corporate network.
VPN servers encrypt your connection and make your data useless to cybercriminals. Even if they do intercept it, they won’t be able to get any use out of it. If you’re an employee, your company is expected to provide you with a VPN to access its servers. But if your employer hasn’t taken care of a corporate VPN or you’re a freelancer, choose a reliable free VPN service on your own.
So, the best thing you can do when using a free network is to use a VPN. A VPN can help ensure protection on public networks. And employers often remind their employees who work away from home to take precautions.
2. Remote access to your office desktop computer
If you’re away from the office, a VPN service can help you connect to your workstation. This way, you can securely get the information you need and access work-related documents and programs from anywhere in the world. The data will be transmitted over the Internet in an encrypted form.
This way, you can do whatever you need to do without compromising your company’s security.
3. Bypassing geo-blocking.
The larger the network of servers available from the chosen VPN provider, the more options you will have to bypass geo-restrictions. This will come in handy if you need to analyze information from foreign websites for work or have access to social networks for advertising or networking from anywhere in the world. Thus, even when traveling to countries with a high level of Internet censorship, you will still have access to the information you need.
Thus, VPN allows you to safely work remotely from anywhere in the world. However, its advantages do not end there, and you can also benefit from it for personal use.
Other advantages of using a free VPN while traveling
1. Savings on traveling.
A free VPN allows you to buy airline tickets or rent a car at a cheaper price. To do this, you need to clear your browser history, cache, and cookies and connect to a remote IP server located in a country with a lower average income compared to your current location. In this way, third-party services that use your IP address to determine your location will assume that you are in the country where the VPN server is located. As a result, they will show you prices for residents of this country, which are usually lower, and you will be able to book the desired ticket or car cheaper.
2. Access to content on streaming services.
When traveling, you may come to a country where the content library of a streaming platform does not cover your favorite shows. However, by connecting to the VPN server located in the country where you subscribed to the streaming service, you will retain access to your content library.
Thus, a free VPN allows you to combine remote work and travel, rather than working from home and missing out on opportunities to see the world.
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