How a VPN Protects Your Router and Home Network

Your home router is the front door to every device on your network — laptops, phones, TVs, speakers and smart plugs. If that door is left unlocked, a stranger could reach all of them. Yet most people never change their router password or update its firmware.

Why your router matters

Routers run software that can have unpatched vulnerabilities, and many ship with weak default credentials. Someone who joins your Wi-Fi — or is already close enough to guess your password — could sometimes steer your whole home to a site you never meant to visit.

Layers of protection

A VPN on each device shields the traffic that matters most, encrypting it end to end even if your router is not as secure as it should be. Combined with a strong router password, firmware updates and our antivirus plans, you build a protective layer that closes the easy doors and the tricky ones.

Start with the whole house covered: the Family plan secures five devices at once, and an antivirus plan stops unwanted software before it reaches a single screen.