A anonymous VPN program, how does it work? A proposed answer.

A anonymous VPN program, how does it work? I program so don't be too
simple, but here's what I envision after reading the below:

1. after you install the anonymizer software, your browser can, if
configured correctly, connect to the anonymizer company's servers via
HTTPS. Thus the data from your PC to the anonymizer's servers cannot
be read by your ISP, or a Wi-Fi 'hotspot' such as at a hotel.

2. when the data (encrypted via HTTPS as in step 1) gets to the
anonymizer company's servers, one of two things must happen. First,
either the ultimate destination must support HTTPS (by ultimate
destination I mean say you want to connect to Facebook), or, the
anonymizer company's servers must decrypt from HTTPS and send your
data to the ultimate destination unencrypted. In this second case,
everybody inbetween the anonymizer's servers and the ultimate
destination can read your data, but at least your ISP or hotel hotspot
could not.

BTW, I think the most popular sites like Facebook, Yahoo, Hotmail do
have HTTPS web services, so the first option in 2. is available, but I
think most website do not. That was the implication I got reading
between the lines from another passage.

Further, I think that Steganos Internet Anonym is pretty good, albeit
a bit expensive at $99, since it allows you faster access to their
servers than the free services like CyberGhost VPN, which is too slow
from what I've read (unless you upgrade to the premium version).

Did I get it right?

RL

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The Software - this is the nuts and bolts of the anonymity machine
that deals with network data traffic and where to route it. Normally,
our network data flows straight through to our ISP and out, which
means our ISP keeps tabs on us all the time. Specialised software
allows us to encrypt our network data so that when it passes through
our ISP, they won't be able to see what it is.