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VPN for Public Wi-Fi

Free VPN for public Wi-Fi to hide your IP on open networks

On café, airport, or hotel Wi-Fi? Add the free Zippa VPN to Chrome, click connect, and your browser traffic is encrypted through another location with your IP hidden. Free on 4 locations, no card, no logs.

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  • Encrypted browser traffic
  • Hide your IP
  • One-click connect

Why it matters on open Wi-Fi

Browse safer on networks you don't control

Open Wi-Fi is convenient and shared with strangers. Zippa routes your Chrome traffic through an encrypted proxy and swaps your IP so your session is harder to watch.

Encrypt your browser traffic

Open café, airport, and hotel Wi-Fi is shared with strangers. Zippa routes your Chrome traffic through an encrypted proxy, so what you browse isn't there in the clear for others on the network.

Hide your IP from the network

The sites you visit see the location you picked, not your real IP address, making your session harder to profile on a network you don't control.

One click when you connect

Joined the coffee-shop Wi-Fi? Click Zippa, pick a country, and you're routed through it before you start browsing.

Unblock captive networks' filters

Some public networks block sites as well as snoop. The same click that hides your IP also routes you past most of those network filters.

Light enough to leave on

Because it only handles browser traffic, Zippa is light enough to keep connected the whole time you're on the open network.

Free, honestly funded

Four locations free with no card. Premium adds 10+ countries and full speed — funded by subscribers, never by selling your data.

How it works

Cover your session in three clicks

  1. 1

    Add Zippa to Chrome

    Install the free extension and pin it to your toolbar.

  2. 2

    Connect on open Wi-Fi

    When you join a public network, click Zippa and pick a country.

  3. 3

    Browse with cover

    Your Chrome traffic is encrypted through that location and your IP is hidden.

Related guides: how to hide your IP address, unblock websites, and set up the free VPN for Chrome. Heading abroad? See the travel guide.

The honest bit

Free because Premium pays the bills — never because we sell your data

The usual catch with a free VPN is that it logs and sells your browsing to make money. Zippa doesn’t. Our free tier is funded by people who upgrade to Premium, and we keep a strict no-logs policy — we don’t record the sites you visit, your real IP, or your DNS queries. There’s simply nothing to sell.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The questions people actually ask before they install — answered plainly.

  • Open networks are shared with everyone else connected to them, which makes it easier for others to snoop on unencrypted traffic or set up lookalike hotspots. Routing your browser through an encrypted proxy like Zippa closes that gap for what you do in Chrome.

  • Zippa protects your Chrome traffic, not your whole device. That covers the browsing most people do on public Wi-Fi — websites, accounts, and web apps. Other apps outside the browser aren't routed through Zippa, so a system-wide VPN is the tool if you need every app covered.

  • Yes. Connect once you're on the network, pick a country, and your Chrome traffic routes through that location — handy for both privacy and reaching sites the hotel or airport network blocks.

  • It depends who runs it. Plenty of free VPNs pay their bills by logging and selling browsing data — that's the real catch. Zippa is funded by people who upgrade to Premium, not by your data, and we keep a strict no-logs policy, so there's nothing to record or sell in the first place.

  • No. Add Zippa to Chrome, pick a location, and start browsing on the free plan — no account or card required to begin. You only create an account if you decide to upgrade to Premium, which starts with a 7-day free trial.

Add the free VPN for public Wi-Fi

Free on 4 locations, no card needed. Premium adds 10+ countries and full speed — with a 7-day free trial.

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Free: US, UK, Netherlands, Singapore. Premium adds Germany, France, Japan, India, Australia, Canada.

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