China Shuts Down Popular VPN Services to Make Great Firewall Stronger

[frogboy]

Online Privacy has been one of the biggest challenges in today's interconnected world, as the governments across the world have been found censoring the Internet, stealing information and conducting mass surveillance on innocent people.

China is one such nation which always wanted to have a tight hold on its citizen and has long been known for its strict Internet censorship laws through the Great Firewall of China.

The Great Firewall of China is the nation's Golden Shield project that employs a variety of tricks to censor Internet and block access to various foreign news and social media sites, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Dropbox, and The Pirate Bay.


So, in order to thwart these restrictions and access blocked websites, hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens rely on virtual private networks (VPNs) which route their traffic to servers overseas free of the Great Firewall filters, but this may not be an option soon.

For those unfamiliar, Virtual Private Network (VPN) securely routes your Internet traffic through a distant connection, protecting your browsing, hiding your location data and accessing restricted resources.

Read More. China Shuts Down Popular VPN Services to Make Great Firewall Stronger

 

[ispx]

why do i have a feeling that people + technology will find another way sooner than later

thanks @frogboy for this bit of news. i always thought china had only one wall & that is the one which can be seen from space.

 

[frogboy]

why do i have a feeling that people + technology will find another way sooner than later

thanks @frogboy for this bit of news. i always thought china had only one wall & that is the one which can be seen from space.

Agreed, I am sure they will find a way. Most likely sooner than later.

 

[Entreri]

The Chinese government is afraid of its people and thus the internet.

Lots of governments are afraid of an open internet, their corruption, vileness is much more likely to be openly discussed, thus they may not get re-elected or coups can can occur.

Russia is certainly heading there. The Donald has suggested censoring and shutting down parts of the internet.

 

[davetenay]

The Chinese government is afraid of its people and thus the internet.

Lots of governments are afraid of an open internet, their corruption, vileness is much more likely to be openly discussed, thus they may not get re-elected or coups can can occur.

Russia is certainly heading there. The Donald has suggested censoring and shutting down parts of the internet.

Yes, that is the trend unfortunately.

 

[Atlas147]

Guess almost blocking everything means that they are ever so slightly less vulnerable to attacks like the mess in ukraine