Secure Your Online Activities.

Cons are among the smartest people that I know. A couple of days ago, a friend of mine told me how she had lost a lot of money from her bank account. She was traveling to China for the stock of her baby shop based in Kisumu. While at the airport, she logged into her social media to update her status, and while at it, she made a bank transfer to her Mpesa, she was using the airport WI-FI. She only realized that she had lost a good sum of money days later. She reported the matter to the police but she was not able to recover her cash back. The thing is, her bank account is linked to her email address. Once she logged in to her social media, checked her mail, and did a few other things online, a second party was mining for her details which they used to transfer her money without her knowing. There is always a silver lining to every bad situation. Let us talk about protecting our phones and devices while using public networks.

Do you know what a VPN is? Virtual Private Network. This is the FBI of electronic devices protection. Do you really need a VPN? The answer is definitely yes and this is why; a VPN will give you the kind of protection our KDF give us. You will be able to use public networks without being anxious about attracting bugs and what nots. You will be able to browse the web privately, securely, and peacefully using public WI-FI. There are so many VPNs in the market today, they are easy, fast, and optimized for any device.

The VPN market has grown with more and more people using the protection services for their devices. Research shows that the numbers went up by more than 54% in the last two years. Our advice, don’t go for the free VPN. Pick a premium one that will guarantee you value for your money.

Here are our top three VPN picks

1. Surfshark.

Rated the best in the virtual world, Surfshark just like its name is fast, and has an intuitive app interface, with plenty of power under the hood. It has more than 3200 servers. Although it has customizability and powerful performance as a VPN, the android app offers an interface that is surprisingly friendly for first-time users. It has a four-tab design that elegantly conceals a host of privacy tools and connection options, highlighting a single-click connection on the app’s landing screen.

• ExpressVPN

The app is built for Android users and is designed with a streamlined approach aimed at connecting fast and easily. There is a single button on the landing screen that directs the user to a quick connection. There is also an accompanying option for a drop-down location selector that selects your nearest city by default. The security and privacy tools, account and setting options, and support page are all kept away neatly at the top left corner. ExpressVPN has an onboard IP address checker, two leak testers, and a password generator.

•  NordVPN.

This is one of the most popular VPN s in the virtual world. The app is easy to use and also very friendly.

Nord’s app opens to a familiar blue-scale landing screen map where users can opt to either select a country or connect to the fastest server automatically. Nord gets bonus points for its split-tunneling feature, which allows you to select other apps that you don’t want to run through your encrypted VPN connection.