Congratulating Donald Trump on his victory proved costly for Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Shehbaz Sharif’s government had banned the microblogging platform Twitter (X) in Pakistan, and now, Shehbaz Sharif has shot himself in the foot by congratulating Donald Trump on X. Pakistani people have started trolling Shahbaz Sharif for congratulating him without lifting the ban, but do you know how this happened?
After the ban on X, how did the Pakistani Prime Minister share the post to congratulate Donald Trump on his victory? The PM used a special technology, VPN. Let’s learn what this technology means and how it is used.
What Is A VPN?
The full form of a VPN is a Virtual Private Network. This technology connects a private network like Wi-Fi in your home and a safe connection to the server through the Internet. If we understand in simple language, suppose you are away from the office, and your important data is on the office server. In such a situation, a network is created which will connect your system to the office server with the help of the Internet.
How Does VPN Work?
The network may be whatever you want, but if there is no internet, then the work will not be done. Internet will be needed for this work. To access the concerned server, you must have the server’s address, and the server must have your address.
When you connect to a VPN server, all your internet traffic gets encrypted; it is like a code only you and the VPN server can understand. Apart from this, a VPN hides your original IP address and gives you a new IP address, which also makes it difficult to track online activity.
Twitter Bank In Pakistan: When Was It Banned?
In early 2024 in Pakistan, Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar gave this on microblogging platform X, citing national security issues. At that time, it was claimed that terrorists belonging to BLA, aka Balochistan Liberation Army, were using Twitter (X) to spread anti-national activities.
