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CERT-In extends compliance deadline for unpopular VPN data law
VPN providers and cloud service providers in India receive an additional three months from CERT-In to comply with its new rules on user data. Read more…
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ExpressVPN to pull its servers out of India over new CERT-In law
ExpressVPN will remove its servers from India due to the new CERT-In law on user data storage – its’s the first major VPN provider to do so. Read more…
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VPN services could be illegal in India under new user data storage rules
VPN services like SurfShark, NordVPN and ExpressVPN said they can’t comply with a new order to store user data for five years or more. Read more…
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Five questions organisations should be asking about their VPN use
For businesses using VPN, particularly those using it now across their entire workforce, security is a huge concern for IT security teams. Read more…
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VPNs are not just about privacy – what you need to know
VPNs are not just about privacy, people working remotely, businesses and education institutions are looking for greater security as well. Read more…
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China tightens screws on VPNs ahead of major trade shows
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…
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ETSI proposes ways to protect VPNs from quantum attacks
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…
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African rulers have an internet kill switch and they’re going to use it
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…
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Taobao becomes the latest target in China’s war on VPNs
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…
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China stages website takedown practice with ISPs
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…
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Amazon partner in China tells customers to stop using illegal VPNs
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…
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China is closing the hotel lobby gap in its Great Firewall
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…
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Apple under fire for kicking VPN services off its China app store
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…
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China enlists telcos in war on VPNs as it upgrades Great Firewall
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…
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China’s VPN crackdown gives local ecosystems home advantage
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…