Use cases
Use public Wi-Fi with a tunnel in between
On a café or airport network, everyone shares one access point. ForestVPN encrypts your traffic between your device and the exit, so the network sees an encrypted tunnel to one address instead of the sites you visit.
The problem
The owner of a public network, and anyone who can watch it, can see which servers your device talks to unless something protects the path.
How ForestVPN does it
- 01
Join the Wi-Fi first
Some networks show a sign-in page before they allow anything. Finish that page, then turn on ForestVPN.
- 02
Turn on ForestVPN
Connect and wait for Working. The app shows Working only once data is flowing both ways.
- 03
Leave the kill switch on
If the network drops or the tunnel stalls, the kill switch blocks traffic instead of letting it out unprotected.
What you need
- ForestVPN on the device.
- Nothing else: no account and no email.
Limits
- It protects the path to the exit. After the exit, a website that does not use HTTPS is only as private as that website.
- It does not make you anonymous.
- A network's sign-in page has to be completed before the tunnel can connect.
Questions
- Is Free enough for public Wi-Fi?
- Free gives you 2 GB per connection and 5 connections a day, which covers most browsing. Premium removes the cap.
- What if the sign-in page does not appear?
- Turn ForestVPN off, finish the network's sign-in page in your browser, then turn it on again.
- Does it slow my connection?
- Any tunnel adds some delay and costs some speed. The status shows you when the connection is Degraded.