system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How to remain anonymous when surfing the web or downloading.

I just prefer to keep my things private. I would like to know how to hide whatever i need to, IP address etc, when downloading and surfing the web. Im a very visual person so i need to be explained like im 5 because I have tried to search myself online and follow tutorials but i cant do it. Maybe my reddit friends can help me!
gpt
For that, you need to connect to the internet via a VPN. Now, what is a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?

Imagine the data that comes and goes from your computer as cars travelling on a highway. A VPN would be like a tunnel with a door at each end. Only you and your VPN provider have a key to these doors. So, no one on the outside can know which cars are travelling to, and from you, because they cannot see inside the tunnel, and they don't have the key to open it.