VPN for Chromebook (2026): Three Paths, and Only One Covers Everything
Three ways to run a VPN on ChromeOS, and they protect different amounts of your traffic. The extension everyone recommends covers your browser and nothing else.
How-To Guides
Step-by-step VPN tutorials for beginners: setup, troubleshooting, and getting the most out of your VPN. Clear instructions with screenshots — no technical background needed.
Does a VPN Slow Down Your Internet? (2026): Three Numbers, Not One
Yes — by about 6% on the best provider and 63% on the worst. The gap is server quality and protocol, not encryption. Four fixes recover most of what you’ve lost.
Tor vs VPN (2026): Privacy and Anonymity Aren’t the Same Thing
Tor gives anonymity, a VPN gives privacy — and those are different things. One is up to 2,500% slower and covers only your browser. Here’s which problem each actually solves.
Double VPN and Onion Over VPN (2026): Three Things People Confuse
Double VPN routes you through two servers. Onion over VPN adds the Tor network. Running two VPNs does something else entirely — and for most people, all three are more than they need.
VPN for Smart TV (2026): Half of Them Can’t Run One
Android TV runs VPN apps. Samsung and LG can’t — their operating systems block them entirely. Which camp your TV falls into decides everything that follows.
VPN Router Setup (2026): Three Paths, One of Them Risky
One router connection covers every device you own — and counts as a single connection against your subscription limit. Three ways to get there, and one of them can permanently break your hardware.
VPN for Roku (2026): Four Workarounds, Because Apps Don’t Exist
You cannot install a VPN on a Roku. Not with any provider, not with any workaround to the app store — Roku’s operating system blocks it. Here are the four methods that do work.
How to Turn Off a VPN (2026): Every Device, and Why It Keeps Coming Back
Turning it off, deleting the profile and cancelling the subscription are three different things. Here’s how to do each — and why your VPN keeps switching itself back on.
VPN Not Connecting? (2026): Diagnose It in the Right Order
Most guides throw twelve fixes at you at once. Start by working out which of three things is actually happening — the cause and the fix are different for each.
Do I Need a VPN? (2026): An Honest Answer From a Site That Sells Them
We earn money when you buy a VPN. We still think a lot of people don’t need one — and the reason the ads give you stopped being true about a decade ago.