VPN
A tool that wraps your connection in extra encryption, useful on networks you don't fully trust.
Learn it through a story
- The Wifi at the Mela (Cybersecurity for Juniors 1, Ch 7)
- Orientation Week Wifi (Cybersecurity for Juniors 2, Ch 1)
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Related terms
- Untrusted data Content from outside that might contain tricks.
- UPI (Unified Payments Interface) India's widely used instant payment system, often used through QR codes.
- Urgency tactic A countdown, a threat or a deadline, used on purpose to stop you thinking clearly.
- Voice cloning Using AI to copy a person's voice from a short recording.
- White hat / black hat / grey hat Shorthand for ethical, malicious, and unauthorised-but-not-malicious hacking.
- Zero trust Verifying every request explicitly rather than trusting by network location.