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### End-to-end encryption (e2ee)
Data is [encrypted](/glossary/#encryption) as it travels from one device to another - endpoint to endpoint - and cannot be decrypted by any intermediary. It can only be decrypted by the endpoints. This is different from "encryption at rest", such as [Full Disk Encryption](/glossary/#full-disk-encryption-fde), where the data stored on your device is encrypted when the device is turned off. Both are important!
Data is [encrypted](/glossary/#encryption) as it travels from one device to another — endpoint to endpoint — and cannot be decrypted by any intermediary. It can only be decrypted by the endpoints. This is different from "encryption at rest", such as [Full Disk Encryption](/glossary/#full-disk-encryption-fde), where the data stored on your device is encrypted when the device is turned off. Both are important!
For more information, check out [Encrypted Messaging for Anarchists](/posts/e2ee), and [Defend Dissent: Protecting Your Communications](https://open.oregonstate.education/defenddissent/chapter/protecting-your-communications/).
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### HTTPS
The "S" in HTTPS stands for "secure"; which means that your Internet connection is encrypted using the [Transport Layer Security (TLS)](https://invidious.sethforprivacy.com/watch?v=0TLDTodL7Lc&listen=false) protocol. This involves the website generating a certificate using [public-key cryptography](/glossary/#public-key-cryptography) that can be used to verify its authenticity - that you are actually connecting to the web server you intended, and that this connection is encrypted.
The "S" in HTTPS stands for "secure"; which means that your Internet connection is encrypted using the [Transport Layer Security (TLS)](https://invidious.sethforprivacy.com/watch?v=0TLDTodL7Lc&listen=false) protocol. This involves the website generating a certificate using [public-key cryptography](/glossary/#public-key-cryptography) that can be used to verify its authenticity — that you are actually connecting to the web server you intended, and that this connection is encrypted.
For more information, see [our explanation](/posts/tails/#what-is-https) or [Defend Dissent: Protecting Your Communications](https://open.oregonstate.education/defenddissent/chapter/protecting-your-communications/).
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A VPN extends a private network (like your home network) over a public network (like the Internet). Devices connected to the VPN are part of the private network, even if they are physically located elsewhere. Applications that use a VPN are subject to the functionality, security, and management of the private network.
In other words, it is a technology that essentially makes it appear that you are connecting to the Internet from the network of the company providing the service, rather than from your home network. Your connection to the company is through an encrypted "tunnel". A VPN is not the best tool for anonymity (defined as knowing who you are – Tor is far better), but it can partially enhance your privacy (defined as knowing what you are doing).
In other words, it is a technology that essentially makes it appear that you are connecting to the Internet from the network of the company providing the service, rather than from your home network. Your connection to the company is through an encrypted "tunnel". A VPN is not the best tool for anonymity (defined as knowing who you are — Tor is far better), but it can partially enhance your privacy (defined as knowing what you are doing).
It is important to emphasize this to cut through the widespread marketing hype; [a VPN is not enough to keep you anonymous](https://www.ivpn.net/privacy-guides/will-a-vpn-protect-me/). Using a VPN can be thought of as simply shifting your trust from a local Internet Service Provider which is guaranteed to be a snitch to a remote company that claims to limit its ability to effectively snitch on you.