What others on the network can see
Whoever runs a shared network, and sometimes others connected to it, can see more than most people expect:
- Which sites and apps you connect to, even when the page itself is encrypted.
- Anything sent without encryption, such as older apps and sites without the padlock.
- Your device on the network, and when it is online.
Look-alike networks are a risk too: a hotspot named like the building's Wi-Fi, set up by someone else, can sit between you and everything you do.
What a VPN changes
Cybo VPN encrypts everything between your phone and the VPN server with WireGuard. On a shared network, others see only that you are connected to a VPN, not which sites or apps you use. Cybo keeps no logs of what you do.
For privacy alone, the free plan is enough: it covers Singapore, Germany and the United States. You need PRO only if you also want an Indian IP address, from the India (Mumbai) server.
Simple habits
- Connect the VPN before you open banking or messaging apps on shared Wi-Fi.
- Ask the building or the manager for the exact network name, and ignore look-alikes.
- Use a screen lock and keep your phone updated.
- Install apps only from Google Play, and never type a PIN or OTP into a page you reached from a message.
- Forget networks you no longer use, so the phone does not join them on its own.
Within the rules
Cybo protects your privacy on networks you do not control. It is not a way around the laws of the country you live in, and should not be used as one.