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The best way to protect your digital privacy is to use a computer without an internet connection, read books instead of web pages and meet with people in person instead of chatting with them using your Mac’s/iOS FaceTime camera. Okay, that sounds a bit odd in today’s always-connected world, when even your refrigerator is connected to the internet so it can order milk when you run out. So what are the options for Mac users with a huge appetite for content and information shared on the internet? How can they protect their privacy? Along with using the private browsing setting in Safari (or whichever preferred browser), the best way to surf the web anonymously is by using a VPN service. Sign up for a VPN account with the VPN provider of your choice (we have ranked the best here), enter the credentials on your Network settings, and start browsing.
However, most of us have multiple devices connected to the internet, such as a mobile phone, a smart TV, a set-top box, or maybe a gaming console or the like. Your online activity is protected while using the Mac, but you’ll become vulnerable again every time you connect any of these other devices to the internet.
Fortunately, there are three ways to shield all of your online activity from the prying eyes of hackers, the government, or whoever. You can either: buy a ready-to-use VPN router and therefore it is already configured for VPN connections; flash your router and install custom firmware to configure for VPN; or the cheaper and easier way, set up your Mac as a VPN router.
The first option is a no-brainer: some VPN service providers have VPN routers on sale that allow you to direct the traffic of all connected devices through a secure server. Others partner with companies such as FlashRouters to offer flashed VPN routers that are preset to connect to their VPN service. You can achieve similar results by flashing your own router and installing DD-WRT or Tomato firmware on it and configuring it for VPN. That may require some advanced knowledge, however, so it’s not something rookie users will be keen to jump on.
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