ISP (Internet Service Provider)
Company that provides your internet connection (like Comcast, Verizon, or BT). ISPs can see all your unencrypted browsing activity, sell your data to advertisers, and throttle connections. VPNs prevent ISP monitoring.
What is ISP (Internet Service Provider)?
What is ISP (Internet Service Provider)?
Company that provides your internet connection (like Comcast, Verizon, or BT). ISPs can see all your unencrypted browsing activity, sell your data to advertisers, and throttle connections. VPNs prevent ISP monitoring.
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Encryption
Process of converting readable data (plaintext) into scrambled, unreadable code (ciphertext) that only authorized parties can decrypt. VPNs use encryption to protect your data from interception by ISPs, hackers, and surveillance.
Throttling
ISP practice of intentionally slowing specific types of traffic like streaming, torrenting, or gaming. VPNs prevent throttling by encrypting traffic so ISPs can't see what you're doing to selectively slow it.
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