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Cybersecurity and Online Privacy in the Times of COVID-19 Lockdown In these disastrous times of COVID-19 Lockdown, most of us are forced to stay indoors and, as a result, are forced to work from home or study from home online. To all of us, privacy and cybersecurity when online is very essential as we might be storing a lot of confidential information on our devices. We might be having passwords of social media accounts, and many might have their banking information stored. This is the perfect time for sneaky hacker organizations to steal information and other fishy things in which they have expertise. To avoid falling into such traps, we at LightSpeedAC have listed some basic yet efficient things that will make you extremely secure on the Internet in such times and protect you from hackers and spammers.  Avoid giving out your Email-ID and Signing Up for Websites With the new trends, such as making some Dalgona Coffee at home or painting some easy paintings, and wit...

Why we at LightSpeedAC use a VPN If you are a regular surfer on the Internet and are interested in the ever-growing technology (which may be the case as you are on a tech blog), you might have come across the term 'VPN'. This blog post will focus on the introduction to the VPN, the correct usage of a VPN, and we have a special surprise for you- read the entire post to know more! What is a VPN? A VPN or a Virtual Private Network is a safe, encrypted connection over a less secure network, such as the public internet. A VPN uses tunnelling protocols to encrypt data and the sending end and decrypt it at the receiving end. Let me simplify it further for you. A VPN packs your data into a suitcase (data is encrypted) when you send it over a less secure network. Now, no other application or any dangerous hacker can access your data in your 'suitcase'. Only when your data reaches its destination, the suitcase is opened (data is decrypted), and the information is now v...