do i need vpn on iphone 6

Do you need a VPN? No, not unless you need to connect with a secure private network. If you're using a VPN to connect to something else on the Internet... what's the point? The connection is only secure between your machine and the egress point for whatever private network you connected to. The traffic still has to traverse the public internet once it leaves their system going to whatever you're actually trying to get to.

Honestly, encouraging the use of VPN services as a security device for people just using the Internet is ridiculous.

barnsley99 wrote:

Do I need a VPN...?

No way for us to know. Do you? Do you connect to some corporate or school network that is requiring the VPN?

Otherwise you probably don't.

I have agree with KiltedTim.

Unless you are connecting to a corporate network or something similar through the VPN, using a VPN just because is really not something you need to be doing.

There's no inherent increase in security from using a VPN you don't really know to not using one. The entire point of VPNs, is that you trust the source of the VPN, and what its letting you connect to. Just using a VPN service form the internet to go online is pointless.

Yes, when you are connecting to public, unsecured networks such as airports, coffee shops, etc. If you connect to secured networks then you don't need one.

Preferably use a VPN that does not log traffic nor required to submit to government demands to provide your information to the government. A US-based VPN can be made to provide your information and their logs to the government. Although there are a number of VPN services that meet extensive concerns for privacy, I can recommend TorGuard. It is available for both OS X and iOS. Most VPN services provide point-to-point full encryption, contrary to KiltedTim's suggestion.

Oh, and additionally VPNs like TorGuard provide user anonymity. Now, I don't know if that be a concern to Tim or Phil, but it is to many who prefer anonymity from Internet services like Google or social media sites particularly if you are conducting business online.

Kappy wrote:

Yes, when you are connecting to public, unsecured networks such as airports, coffee shops, etc. If you connect to secured networks then you don't need one.

I disagree. You have no idea what these public VPNs are doing with the transmitted data. Can you be sure its protected?

How do you know they aren't compromised?

How can you be certain its 100% point to point encryption? Unless you personally know these VPN providers there's no real way to know what you are getting.

Using a VPN you have no idea about is no more secure than connecting directly to a Wifi network.

I've had issues with this too. I have a iPhone 6S+ and an iPad Pro. For both, here's what I do:

-Before connecting to public wifi, stop/disconnect VPN app.

-Connect to Wifi.

-Restart VPN App

Works great for me. ;-)