If you use a virtual private network (VPN) to access another country's version of Netflix, then you could soon be out of luck, as major media lobby groups and movie studios are now pushing for Netflix to figure out a way to ban the practice from being able to access …
Read More »BBC says ISPs should assume all heavy VPN users are pirates
The BBC has weighed in on recent copyright and piracy talks, suggesting that Internet service providers should monitor network traffic and automatically be suspicious of customers using a VPN while consuming large amounts of bandwidth- assuming that all VPN users are pirates. In a submission to the Australian government, the BBC …
Read More »EU and US encrypted internet traffic booming
It was bound to happen in the wake of the Snowden revelations last year, that let us all know just how much our goverments and others were keeping tabs on us, but we're only starting to see the data for the trend shift now. In a report by Sandvine, encrypted …
Read More »Another company shuts down to protect users from NSA
The NSA and its PRISM data collection has been a hot topic for a while now. Ever since Edward Snowden flew to Hong Kong and dumped the news on the world that none of us can really say anything privately online, a lot of people have been trying to figure …
Read More »Turkish citizens take to VPN to prevent government crackdown
It seemed clear from yesterday's rants by Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that he's not a big fan of the internet and specifically social networks. In the past, countries undergoing heavy civilian protests have attempted to crack down on internet usage because it helps protesters organise and get the word out …
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