However, when using Secure Core servers you may well notice a drop in connection speeds. While server banks are, in reality, unlikely to be physically compromised, this certainly sounds good and demonstrates Proton’s commitment to user privacy. Based in countries with favorable data laws, every Secure Core server is owned by Proton VPN itself, and also housed in a physically secure location – the Sweden and Switzerland servers are in underground data centers, and the Iceland servers are on a former military base.

The second benefit is that the Secure Core servers are – surprise, surprise – very secure. For more on this, check out Proton VPN’s own article (opens in new tab) on the subject.

This also defends against network monitoring that can link activity to users. This means your traffic is never unencrypted on the journey between the Secure Core server and the destination, and there’s no direct contact between your device and the end server – desirable if you’re worried about the server in your chosen destination being compromised (Turkey is a good example), but still need to connect. Firstly, your traffic is getting doubly encrypted, starting with your device to the Secure Core server, and then again from the Secure Core server to your destination server. The reasons for using Secure Core are twofold. What are the pros and cons of Secure Core? On the iOS VPN and Android VPN apps, slide the Secure Core switch to On – you’ll then be shown all the available routes to Secure Core-supported locations. Then select your desired route to your destination server. To activate Secure Core, all you need to do is click the padlock icon on the Windows 10 VPN, Mac VPN and Linux VPN applications.

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