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Our Black Friday 2020 promotion is the best opportunity to take back your online privacy while also helping to create a more free and open internet for all. This year, as part of our Black Friday offer, we’re also introducing something new. In addition to a discount of up to 50% off ProtonVPN Plus and […]

An almost daily drumbeat of data breaches and online privacy violations has fueled public interest in VPN services such as ProtonVPN. This article explains what VPNs are, what they do, and whether you need one. Our sister article, How does a VPN work?, provides a more detailed and technical overview of what is going on […]

A virtual private network (VPN) provides privacy and a host of other benefits when connecting to the internet. Our blog post What is a VPN? explains what this technology does and some reasons you might find it useful to install your own VPN on your device.  In this article, we will go deeper and explain […]

Election Day has arrived in the United States, which means it is time for millions of Americans to decide between candidates at federal, state, and local levels. Of course, the race to see who will be the next President of the United States is the one everyone will be watching. Who will win the race […]

If there has ever been a year that demonstrates how central the internet is to society, it is 2020. We have relied on the internet this year for work, entertainment, and to keep us close to family. But the freedom and privacy of the internet are under attack. We have seen authoritarian governments around the […]

When Hong Kong authorities passed draconian “security” laws designed to stifle freedom and crackdown on activism, the people of Hong Kong turned to ProtonVPN, downloading our app in record numbers to protect their privacy and defend against censorship. But we quickly recognized that we could do more than provide encrypted internet connections and private email […]

This year’s NBA Finals between the LA Lakers and the Miami Heat has plenty of storylines that basketball fans will be paying attention to.  It’s a classic David vs. Goliath match-up, as the Lakers cruised to the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, while the No. 5 seed Heat had to knock off two […]

We closed our third annual ProtonVPN server poll on Friday, September 11, and we want to thank everyone who participated. This was our biggest poll yet, with more than 13,000 votes cast. After the votes were counted, four locations were substantially more popular than all other options.  According to the poll, adding servers to Cyprus, […]

It’s time for our annual server poll!  Each year since 2018, we have turned the floor over to our community to decide where we should prioritize our efforts to expand the ProtonVPN network. As a result of the 2019 ProtonVPN server poll, we have added new servers around the globe, including Mexico, Taiwan, Costa Rica, […]