{"id":8844,"date":"2026-09-15T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/2026\/09\/15\/what-is-a-vpn-kill-switch-and-how-does-it-work\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:00:06","slug":"what-is-a-vpn-kill-switch-and-how-does-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/2026\/09\/15\/what-is-a-vpn-kill-switch-and-how-does-it-work\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a VPN kill switch and how does it work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A VPN offers increased privacy, but won&#039;t do you much good if the connection drops. Kill switches ensure you&#039;re always using a VPN when it matters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/what-is-a-vpn-kill-switch-and-how-does-it-work\/intro-1788555166.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A VPN offers increased privacy, but won&#039;t do you much good if the connection drops. Kill switches ensure you&#039;re always using a VPN when it matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-8844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","tag-engadget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}