What is NPV
A secure tunnel between your device and a server abroad — and with RouteSense, a Russian TLS relay in the middle.
In plain English
NPV is a network privacy technology that creates an encrypted tunnel between your device and a remote server. All your traffic travels through that tunnel in encrypted form, so no one between you and the NPV server can see which sites you visit or what you do online.
Put simply: NPV is like a sealed capsule on a busy street. Everyone around can see the capsule moving, but no one knows what's inside or exactly where you're headed.
Why you need it
Access to blocked services
Telegram, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp — everything works like it used to. Sites only "see" the IP of the server abroad, so regional restrictions and ISP-level blocks are bypassed without the app ever noticing.
Protection on public Wi-Fi
Cafes, airports, hotels — without NPV, an attacker on the same network can intercept your passwords. With NPV, they can't.
Privacy from your ISP
Your internet provider sees only the fact that you're connected to NPV — not what you do inside.
- Protection from tracking. Sites can't detect your real IP or tie your activity to your real location.
- Speed on international services. Sometimes a site is actually faster through NPV than directly, thanks to congested international routes.
RouteSense uses a cascade architecture with a TLS relay in Russia. That means your traffic doesn't go abroad directly — it passes through two nodes: a Russian relay and an NPV server abroad.
Your device encrypts your traffic
and sends it to a TLS relay in Russia.
The relay forwards the encrypted packets
to an NPV server abroad. The relay holds no decryption keys.
The foreign server decrypts the request
and sends it to the destination site from its own IP.
The response returns the same way
in reverse order: foreign server → relay → your device.
What this gets you
- The site "sees" only the foreign server's IP (in Germany, for example). Your real IP stays hidden.
- Your Russian ISP "sees" only a connection to a server in Russia — nothing that looks like circumvention.
- Double layer of privacy. The relay knows your IP but not what you're doing. The foreign server sees your traffic but doesn't know your real IP.
- High speed. The Russian relay keeps the entry hop short, and an optimized link to the foreign server sustains the speed you need for video and calls.
How NPV differs from a proxy
Smart routing
Russian sites (Gosuslugi, banks, mos.ru) go direct, bypassing NPV — no lag and no trouble with banking security blocks. Blocked services route through servers abroad. The switching happens automatically. And it works the same on every platform — iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, Apple TV, Android TV — on a single account.
No logs
We don't store DNS queries or track activity inside the NPV tunnel. The only account data we keep is what the service needs to run (see the Privacy Policy).
Geography
Servers in several reliable jurisdictions — pick the one that suits you in your dashboard. Full list and map on the Locations page.
Is it safe to use NPV?
NPV itself is a legal technology. Businesses use it for remote work, journalists use it to protect their sources, and everyday people use it for privacy.
In Russia, advertising NPV services has been restricted since September 1, 2025, but simply using an NPV is not an offense for private individuals.
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