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As China’s VPN Ban Looms, Here’s What to Expect
By now you’ve likely heard about China’s all too scary VPN ban, slated to take effect on February 1, 2018 – or this Thursday. While we won’t know for sure what’s in store until the date hits, based upon news reports and previous…
Is China Destroying Mobile Devices with VPNs Installed?
Twitter was buzzing last weekend with a “wild story” out of China involving censorship, VPNs and an unexplainably inoperable iPhone. A Destroyed iPhone A Twitter user by the name of Comrade Balding shared a story about a friend’s iPhone and how it mysteriously…
China Increased Censorship Last Year, and The Impact is Clear
Continually Increasing Censorship Censorship in China unquestionably increased over the past year, as the country aggressively tightened their control over the Internet. In 2017 China introduced a great deal of new legislation and blocked additional sites and services to further restrict online access….
Apple’s Appeasement of the Chinese is History Repeating Itself
Following up on our ongoing battle for an uncensored, free and open Internet, China continues to enlist American companies in assisting their unjust and oppressive practice of silencing critics who challenge the status quo by removing any free and uncensored platform to information. Last…
China Blocks OpenVPN, VyprVPN Remains Accessible
China started blocking the OpenVPN protocol today around 2:30am CST, in their latest round of VPN-related blocking. VyprVPN users connecting out of China can switch to any other VyprVPN protocol to successfully connect, and we recommend switching to our proprietary Chameleon protocol which effectively defeats…
Article Claims China Will Block VPNs This Week, Causing Confusion
A recent Network World article claims China is planning to block SD-WAN and VPN traffic imminently this Friday, January 11. Specifically, the article states China will require ISPs to block access to ports commonly used for website traffic until users register with their ISP. At this time, I can report that VyprVPN is operating normally and accessible in China. We have seen…
China’s Internet Censorship Evolves, Expands to Mobile Chat
The latest news out of China reveals censorship continues to expand and impact services beyond the Internet. Aside from well-known website and application restrictions, such as the recent prohibition of the messaging service WhatsApp, a recent Wall Street Journal article reports people in China are…
China’s Proposed ‘Social Credit Score’ Brings Scores of Implications for Privacy
Back in 2014, the State Council of China published a document entitled “Planning Outline for the Construction of a Social Credit System.” While the name is fairly innocuous, the concept it presents is far from. In this document, China proposes a national trust…
US Senators Demand Answers on Apple Censorship in China
Update – December 1, 2017: Apple responded to Senators’ inquiry about their censorious actions in China last week. In a formal statement given by Apple’s VP of public policy, Cynthia Hogan, Apple explained that although they aren’t happy about complying with censorship in China the…
Intense Censorship Arrives Ahead of China’s Communist Party Congress
China’s Communist Party Congress is coming up this week, and in advance of the meeting many security, surveillance and censorship measures are being ramped up in the country. The Communist Party Congress takes place every 5 years, and this year marks the 19th…
