and welcome to pandatech the best channel on vpn tools and online security
hacks today we'll talk about one of the greatest features vpn providers have why you should use it
and why you should choose vpn providers that have these features i'm talking about kill switch here
straight into the topic what is a kill switch kill switch is a security feature that protects your ip
in case you unexpectedly lose your connection to vpn server in case your connection is interrupted
kill switch will automatically block all external traffic to and from your ip address until
it automatically re-establishes connection to the same vpn server that means that even if you can't
use your internet while you're reconnecting to your vpn server your ip address and your
dns queries will be safe from being exposed if you're really really keen on being safe on the web
this is a must-have feature some vpns often have this feature activated by default
but you can deactivate it if you want which i strongly recommend that you don't do and i'll
explain later why so let me actually show you how this feature looks like in different vpn solutions
and where you can find it let me go here now let's start with nordvpn to find kill switch feature you
go to settings menu and here it is right here kill switch and here we have two options you can
either activate it like for good like disable the entire internet access when not connected to vpn
or you can activate an app kill switch when you turn on the skill switch feature and then you
add apps on which these will work for example say i want to add a browser a certain browser
to my apps list for example say i want to pick a brave browser as my safest browser and here is
where you can choose apps that will use this kill switch feature and thus protect you on the web so
let me show you some other vpn providers later on now how does kill switch work a vpn kill switch
works by constantly monitoring your connection detecting issues blocking your access to internet
and restoring your connection as soon as it is safe now here is a more detailed breakdown on how
a vpn kill switch feature works a vpn kill switch continuously monitors your connection to your vpn
server by scanning for changes in status or ip address the second is detecting vpn kill switch
will instantly detect any changes that could prevent your vpn from working properly then
comes blocking depending on what type of vpn you're using your vpn kill switch will either
block certain apps or your entire device from accessing the internet and then comes restoring
as soon as the issue is resolved your vpn kill switch will restore your internet connection
without you having to do anything now again when does vpn kill switch activate vpn kill switch
activates as soon as it detects that something has gone wrong with your connection to your
vpn server for example when your internet connection is disconnected from your vpn server
because you experience some connectivity issues or when you say decide to switch your vpn servers
or important if you use some unreliable network connections such as say public wi-fi's another
one can be if your computer say does an update overnight and then reconnects to your internet
without connecting to your vpn server or say if you start using a new firewall that blocks your
vpn and you forgot to add an exception for your vpn or if someone starts using your device without
restarting your vpn first now let's switch to surf shark here and to activate kill switch you should
go to settings menu here it is and go to the connectivity tab and here you can find kill switch
it doesn't really provide you options on whether to activate kill switch on a certain app or the
entire internet it actually disables the entire internet access when vpn connection drops or
is turned off so you can turn on this feature in surf shark here now an important question why you
should use vpn kill switch well vpn kill switch is basically your last line of defense and it makes
sure that your ip address is never uncovered it also makes sure that nobody has an access to your
unencrypted data when your vpn connection goes down now another important question and that is
who should use a vpn kill switch because while an occasional drop in connectivity will not be the
end of the world for most people there are certain groups of people who should be protected at all
times and should care about their vpn connection at all times and the first one is those who love
using public wi-fi once your unencrypted data is revealed anybody around you will have an access to
it the second group is activists and journalists who don't want to be tracked down another one is
users of peer-to-peer transfer software who need to mask their ip addresses that's where the next
comes from and that is torrent users who want to stay anonymous and finally anyone holding
confidential documents who can't afford to have their security compromised such as lawyers or
social workers handling incredibly sensitive data by the way for which purpose are you using qpn
let me know in the comments if this is not something illegal okay so let's go to expressvpn
and here you go to settings menu two options and here they don't really have this feature named
kill switch they call it network lock which also stops all internet traffic if vpn disconnects
unexpectedly and it also allows the access to device on the local network so you can choose
either both or one of them or none of them so this is how it works for express vpn and i'll leave
the links to the vpns i'm currently using in the description box below make sure to check them out
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