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# Do you need a VPN?
- URL: https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2024/12/12/do-you-need-a-vpn/
- Published: 2024-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-10T02:21:27.000Z
- Description: Commercial Virtual Private Networks are a way of extending the end of your network to exit somewhere else in the world. This can have substantial privacy benefits, but not all VPNs are created equal.
- Author: Jordan Warne
- Tags: Videos

More information about VPNs can be found on our website!

[Learn more ](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/vpn-overview/) 

## Sources

- VPN Sponsorship Study: <https://www.cs.umd.edu/~dml/papers/vpn-ads-oakland22.pdf>
- VPNs Questionable Security Practices: <https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/FTC-CDT-VPN-complaint-8-7-17.pdf>
- VPN Relationship Map: <https://kumu.io/Windscribe/vpn-relationships>