HT204023: iOS: Understanding Personal Hotspot
Learn about iOS: Understanding Personal Hotspot
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Mar 6, 2016 1:31 PM in response to birkoff9by ckuan,They are 2 different things.
Hotspot is sharing iPhone cellular data to connect to the Internet.
From Wikipedia
VPN is created by establishing a virtual point-to-point connection through the use of dedicated connections, virtual tunnelling protocols, or traffic encryption.
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Mar 6, 2016 1:34 PM in response to birkoff9by modular747,"AT&T Hotspot": you mean the personal hotspot provided by your iPhone using anAT&T cellular connection, right?
It's as secure as AT&T cellular data service is. The hotspot portion of the connection from your phone to computer is encrypted and password protected.