HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have stepped up efforts to block virtual private networks (VPN), service providers said on Tuesday in describing a “cat and mouse” game with censors ahead of a major trade Read more…
ETSI’s Technical Committee Cyber Security (TC Cyber) has published a technical report exploring the protocol requirements necessary to add quantum resistance to VPN technologies, including client, server and architectural considerations. The report on quantum-safe VPNs Read more…
DAKAR (Reuters) – Rapidly expanding access to the internet across Africa is helping grassroots opposition movements take on once-invulnerable regimes. Many entrenched rulers have a simple response: pulling the plug. While countries in the Middle Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have issued a warning to the country’s top e-commerce platforms, including Alibaba’s Taobao.com, over the sale of illegal virtual private networks that allow users to skirt state censorship controls. Five Read more…
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China held a drill on Thursday with internet service providers to practice taking down websites deemed harmful, as the country’s censors tighten control ahead of a sensitive five-yearly political reshuffle set Read more…
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A Chinese partner of global e-commerce firm Amazon.com has told customers to stop using illegal virtual private networks (VPNs), which can circumvent internet censorship. The instruction comes after Apple removed VPN services Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – In China, the plush international hotel lobby has been one of the few places to find gaps in the “Great Firewall”, a sophisticated system that denies online users access to blocked content Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Apple says it is removing virtual private network (VPN) services from its app store in China, drawing criticism from VPN service providers, who accuse the US tech giant of bowing to pressure Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese telecoms carrier said it had begun closing virtual private networks (VPNs) and other tools that can bypass the so-called Great Firewall, which state authorities use to filter and block traffic Read more…
China appears to be on a path to plugging the leaks in the Golden Shield Project (aka the Great Firewall of China) – particularly regarding VPN services – which is likely diminish the small presence Read more…
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