Can a VPN be hacked or tracked?

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 Is a VPN as super safe and secure as you'd expect it to be? Or can hackers still get to your data?

If you're looking through our list of the best VPNs to find the most secure option, you may be wondering just how secure even that is. Good on you, security is all about foreseeing potential threats and weaknesses, so you're halfway there. We'll do the rest for you with this explainer.

To cover the basics, a VPN (or virtual private network) works to make you secure and anonymous online by encrypting your data and sending it through – often private – servers in different locations.

As a result this can also make you appear elsewhere. By assigning you a new IP address, your identity is hidden throughout. 

But can private servers, strong encryptions and things like leak protection truly keep you secure and anonymous online? 

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