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China cracks down on illegal VPNs
Topic Started: Jan 24 2015, 06:48 AM (124 Views)
MSantor
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Aw shucks.

Looks like there's gonna be some "lao wai"(老外) (Chinese slang for foreigners) who'll be upset they can't sneak into some dark corner in some local Starbucks deep in mainland China, and use a VPN to access Facebook or gmail aymore.

They'll have to stick to using Renren (Chinese facebook) instead...or worse: a chatting phone app called Wechat. :lollol:

Tech Crunch

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China Cracks Down On VPN Services After Censorship System ‘Upgrade’

China is cracking down on VPNs, software that allows internet users to access Twitter, Facebook, Gmail and others services blocked in the country, according to state media and service providers.

People’s Daily reports that China’s ‘Great Firewall’ internet censorship system was “upgraded for cyberspace sovereignty”, a move that affected the usage of at least three popular VPN services and attacked others with more vigor than usual.

Strong VPN noted on its blog that it is suffering “connection issues” from China, while TunnelBear told TechCrunch it is investigating after reports from some China-based customers who “have been less successful in connecting over the last few weeks.”

Furthermore, Astrill, a service that is well used by China’s expat and business community, this week alerted users of issues with its iOS client.

An employee at Astrill reportedly told People’s Daily that the company did not know how long the disruption would last following the “upgrade,” although Astrill’s service on other platforms — including Apple’s Macs — is apparently not affected.

Other prominent VPN services noted stronger attacks, but claimed to operate as usual.

A spokesperson at ExpressVPN told TechCrunch that its “services appear to be working normally on all platforms, including for China customers.

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Edited by MSantor, Jan 24 2015, 07:06 AM.
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