Best free VPNs

Would you like to access a website that is not visible from you city? Would you like to surf the Internet anonymously without communicating your real IP address externally and, therefore, without detecting your true identity? For these and many other purposes, the password is only one:  VPN . I'm sure you've heard of it before, but today I want to help you shed some more light on the subject.

VPNs (short for  Virtual Private Network ) are extremely useful tools, thanks to which you can disguise your connection and bypass regional restrictions applied by Internet sites (as they make the connection appear to come from other countries). To simplify the concept as much as possible, they are intermediaries that act as a link between the user's computer and the sites visited, thus hiding the identity of the latter.

Maybe it seems too complex a subject for what your computer knowledge is, but I assure you that you are wrong: using VPNs is less complex than it seems and, above all, it does not require the outlay of money (not necessarily at least). Do not you believe it? Then take five minutes of free time and take a look at the list of the   Best free VPNs I have prepared for you: I bet you will be amazed by the potential and flexibility of this tool, not to mention the simplicity with which you will be able to use it!

With that said, keep reading the following to find out what the best VPN services are currently that you can also take advantage of for free.

NordVPN

Although it is not a free service, I absolutely cannot neglect NordVPN : one of the most famous and used VPN solutions in the world. The reasons for this success? Well, I would say the high degree of safety, flexibility, ease of use and the convenience it offers.

NordVPN, in fact, is compatible with all popular devices and operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS / iPadOS, Smart TV Android TV, Raspberry Pi, NAS, router etc.) and offers a huge range of VPN servers scattered all over the world. This allows you to protect browsing, even on public Wi-Fi networks, by hiding all data from attackers and Internet providers (even the managers of NordVPN themselves cannot access any data, as nothing is recorded of the activities carried out by users); to overcome regional restrictions and access foreign streaming service catalogs.

Surfshark (Windows / macOS / Linux)

Another VPN service that you absolutely must consider is Surfshark , which allows you to surf safely through advanced encryption (which makes communications impossible to intercept for attackers, Internet providers and even for the service operators themselves) and use of more than 1040 servers scattered in more than 61 countries around the world.

Surfshark can be used to overcome geographical restrictions, censorships and access foreign catalogs of streaming services. In addition, there are advanced functions that allow you to fully customize the operation of the service and protect the connection at 360 degrees: Whitelister to create a list of exceptions with programs that must not use the VPN; CleanWeb to protect yourself from malware and other harmful / annoying online content and Kill Switch to automatically disable the Internet connection in case of disconnection from the VPN.

Opera VPN

Opera VPN is the best example of a  free VPN : of few pretensions, it is integrated directly into Opera, the famous browser for surfing the Internet (which I also told you about in my tutorial on the best browsers ). In reality it is not a very structured service: optimal speeds are not guaranteed and there is no possibility to choose the part of the world from which to  simulate the connection.

Opera VPN is a service that you can easily use if you need to mask the IP address while browsing the Internet, in order to maybe access blocked sites in your country, but the protection offered does not go beyond surfing the Net, and is limited only to the sites visited through the browser.

Having made this necessary premise, it's time to explain how to activate Opera VPN: if you use a Windows or macOS computer  ,  download the browser from this page by  pressing the green button Download Now , open the file you just downloaded and, if you use Windows, press the button  Accept and Install , then click the Yes button  , while if you use macOS drag the Opera icon to the Applications folder  of your Mac.

Now open Opera from the  Windows Start menu (the flag icon, at the bottom left) or from the  macOS Applications folder , click on the red O button  located at the top right, then on the Settings item  , on the Confidentiality & security item  in the left bar and, finally, click on the Activate the VPN box to put a check mark on it.