NordVPN, What is in It for Me?

The experts tested it, and they all say good things about it. The question is: do you Need it?

NordVPN is a VPN service provider, and a VPN is simply a Virtual Private Network.

When you visit a web page; aka you make a request to a web page (a URL), your IPS (Internet Provider Service) will direct you (or not) to that web page. But if you are subscribed to a VPN service provider, instead of the IPS, its a VPN Server that will take this task, ensuring that:

1. Your ip address will be hidden
2. It will create for you a tunnel that will protect (encrypt ) your browsing.
3. it may allow you to access the web page, even if your IPS would have blocked you from reaching it.

The problem is that when you use a VPN, the server may be in a far distant location from you. And this may slower your connection. So, is it possible to have a fast connection even with a vpn? The answer is yes with NordVPN. Now, the remaining questions you may ask are:
- Is the location of the VPN server that will take care of your requests matters?
- Is it necessary to hide you ip address and protect your browsing?
- What kind of blocked sites you which to access, and you think that they are forbidden from where you are? And are they worth it?
- Is there other security features that are important and necessary to you?

1. The location of a server regarding your physical location will affect the speed and the reliability of your internet connection. NordVPN has right now 5658  ultra-fast servers in 59 countries all around the world. The offered features may vary from country to an other. But if you are located in the US or in the UK, you will have: 

1	2	3	4	5
Regular VPN	P2P	Obfuscated	Double VPN	Dedicated IP


Nevertheless, all the servers but the one in the United Arab Emirates have the encryption of your internet traffic and the replacement of your IP address (the regular VPN server).
2. Why do you need to protect your internet traffic? Get privacy + less vulnerable to attacks like:
   1. traffic analysis attack combined with social engineering 
   2.  traffic analysis combined with  brute force attacks to have access to password.
   3. traffic analysis + detection of unsecure (less protected) connections.

   To reduce the damages of traffic analysis attack,  encryption of the traffic and the hiding of the ip address are valuable solutions.
   

3. Depending your geolocation, sometimes you will not be able to access certain websites, or certain services. Especially streaming ones. For example, the reason could be that the streaming is provided for the resident of particular country, that is not yours. So, in that case, a VPN will be really helpful, because it will allow you to watch the streaming anyway. So now, it is up to you. Are there really shows or streamed content that you really have to see. No matter what would be you reasons, if the answer is yes, the VPN is the easiest solution.
4. Of course, there are multiple threats on the net, one of them are Malwares. You download by yourself, to your own computer, a malicious software hidden in any type of content. Do you know why you do that? Because, of course, you don't know that it is a Malware. It looks like a regular file, so you think that you have nothing to worry about. In fact with NordVPN you actually don't have to worry so much about malwares. Why? Because, if you use their VPN, any downloaded file will be automatically scanned. And if a Malware is detected, it will be automatically deleted, before any damage can be done to your device.

The list of features depend on the plan you will choose. There are 3 different plans:

1. Standard: You will get the basics:
   1.  A VPN (of course), but secure and high-speed. Which are essential features.
   2. Add to it a malware protection, which is a really an important security feature.
   3.  Finally, you will have a tracker and an ad blocker.
2. Plus: You will get features offered by another product called: NordPass. So, in addition to what you get from the standard plan, you will have:
   1. A password manager
   2. A data breach scanner
3. Complete: you will have all the previous features plus 1 Tera byte on an encrypted cloud storage.

You can pay each month, each year, or each two years. Of course, the longer is the period of the subscription, the less you pay. Which is great, because if you subscribe to a VPN, it is usually for a long period of time. Unless you just want to test the service. In that case, you can subscribe then get a refund (before the end of the first 30 days) if you are not satisfied. Which is also great. You should check all these pricing details on the NordVPN website.

If you want to add something, please feel free to do it by commenting below 🙂 .