You fire up your VPN, connect to a server and pull up the streaming service or website you were trying to reach. A few seconds later, you see the dreaded message: blocked. So you try again. Still ...

You can selectively enable apps or websites to bypass your VPN entirely.

Most of what you do online is quietly logged, analyzed, and resold, even when it feels routine, like checking email or streaming a show. A virtual private network, or VPN, is one of the few tools that ...