Secure WLAN on vacation - free of charge

Free Wi-Fi hotspots are offered in many places, not just on vacation. You can access it without logging in or entering a password. But there's a catch: anyone else in your vicinity can also use the hotspot anonymously. And with the help of software, they can intercept all the data you transmit.

There are countless VPN services to help against this, but they are chargeable. Annoyingly, many of them are offered as free, but as soon as you sign up, you first have to enter your credit card details - and you are then charged after a few free trial days. That's not really attractive.

A good alternative to such bait-and-switch offers is the completely free VPN service VPNbook. This is not a piece of software, but a constantly updated information service with instructions on how to use a truly free VPN on all common operating systems, including Windows 11, Windows 10, Mac OS, Ubuntu Linux, Android and iOS.

The application also enables streaming and allows access to Netflix, for example:

https://www.vpnbook.com/howto/