As far as the VPN software being resource hogs, no not really with the
following caveat. Your network will be slower because everything is being
redirected through a host out on the network somewhere. So it adds steps on to
your packet’s trip. What you lose in performance you gain in encrypti
No, Express VPN and several other services like it are designed to encrypt and
lock down all communication so that when you are at a coffee shop or other
public wireless hotspot your communications with the network can't be tampered
with. If you consider the internet a set of pipes (Scott will
