Proxy: look like you are somewhere else, but sometimes found out
VPN: Proxy + Encryption

A proxy only secures your webbrowser or specific application

A VPN handles all your traffic

Nothing really.

In practice, though, all VPN software creates network interfaces and adds routes to make your software use VPN connection without you having to configure anything additionally.

And with proxy, software needs to be specifically configured to use the proxy.

>>55071036
There are SSL proxies, so, no, encryption is not a difference.

i'm only using hola from now on

>>55071140
>Schill

>>55071140
Why, do you live in Israel? If so, congratulations, it won't add your IP to the botnet.

What VPN should I install?

>>55071021
a VPN creates a encrypted tunnel between you and the host server.

a proxy server just operates as an intermediary computer between you and the internet.

like other anon mentioned there are proxies that use ssl but it's not the same as a VPN.

VPN routes all your traffic through the encrypted tunnel.
HTTP proxies: only HTTP traffic and not encrypted
socks proxy: all traffic not encrypted
HTTPS proxy: proxy with ssl encryption but the server acts as a "man in the middle"
website ==encrypted== proxy server decrypts data and re-encrypt with new ssl certificate ==== encrypted ==== your pc

what is /g/'s opinion of tunnelbear? the free GB a month is pretty nice, especially since my twitter is basically a throwaway because only faggots and liberals use twitter.

>>55074690
1gb isn't very much unless but I would be streaming netty

>>55074690
Mullvad is a good VPN

>>55071049
>>55074500
Yeah like these anons said, if you just want to secure your web browsing, a proxy is fine.
But let's say you want to call someone on Skype and not have them know where you're calling from (it's possible to check this btw), you need a vpn