[RKDinOKC]

With regards to cord cutting IP blockers/VPN Tunnel does 2 things. It lets you get past Geo blocking for example to watch sports events. And it encrypts traffic and web sites you are visiting from your ISP.

But you still have the connection from that VPN host to whatever sites you are visiting. The traffic itself can be encrypted with SSL connections, but VPNs still log the public VPN IP connecting to the Public SSL IP.

As far as protection goes, if a hacker can get to your computer thru the Public IP from your ISP, they can also get to your computer thru the public IP of the VPN.