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February 18, 2021 by IP Location
SSID is a short name for Service Set IDentifier, and it is referring to your WiFi network name. For network devices to find the WiFi networks, wireless routers and wireless access points generally broadcast their SSIDs to allow nearby devices to connect to it.
February 17, 2021 by IP Location
Identity Theft is the term used to steal someone's personal information, and use it to disguise one's identity and use it in cybercrime and fraud for financial gain. With everyone shifting financial activities to online, hackers and thieves are stealing personal information to use them in illegal activities.
February 16, 2021 by IP Location
Google Click ID (also known as GCLID) is a parameter assigned to the Google Ad and is passed in the URL to track clicks and conversions. The GCLID is only used in Google Ads and is enabled by turning on auto-tagging in the settings. It is used to tie your Google Ads with your Google Analytics account so that the clicks and the conversions can be tracked.
February 15, 2021 by IP Location
Internet helps us live our lives better, but it's not a safe place to hang out. There are hackers, spammers, and phishers trying to steal our personal data, and we're exposed to dangers every day. There are, however, websites and browser extensions that we can utilize to protect our privacy. We've found 5 websites and 3 browser extensions that wi...
February 14, 2021 by IP Location
Email is one of the very first services provided by the Internet dating back to 1971. It is the best attempt service and does not guarantee delivery much like the postal mail. As long as the recipient's email address is valid, and the mail servers providing services to both sender and receiver are functional, there is a good chance the email will be delivere...
February 13, 2021 by IP Location
One of the best features of chromium browsers including Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, and Brave is the ability to install browser extensions and add capabilities not built into the browser. There are thousands of browser extensions, and we have hand-picked a handful of "free" extensions that are useful to digital marketers. We've displayed the extensions in no par...
February 12, 2021 by IP Location · 1 comments
When you set up a gateway at home, you may opt to enable a bridge or pass-through mode. Depending on how you want to configure your network, you may configure the gateway to bridge over passthrough. So, what is the bridge mode, and what is the pass-through mode?
February 11, 2021 by IP Location
With all of us stuck inside, video conferencing apps have become a default way to communicate with colleagues and some tech-savvy family members. Video chat apps have advanced in recent years, and have gotten easy to use, collaboration-ready, and accessible. At the same time, due to the popularity of video conferencing platforms, many security flaws were...
February 10, 2021 by IP Location
To provide Internet connectivity to homes, ISPs often provide a gateway device to their customers. By connecting a router to the gateway, users create their own local network. A gateway used to be a layer-2 device that extends WAN into an individual's home, but it now provides routing functionality built into the gateway so the term is loosely used.
February 9, 2021 by IP Location
A DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) is a network (or a node) used to connect internal resources to the untrusted outside world, usually the Internet. By creating a separate "danger" zone, internal resources are within the private network are not directly accessible from the outside world. In traditional corporate networks, the servers providing services to the outsid...
