China has long since built up one of the world’s most advanced and strict firewall regimes. The Great Firewall is a huge network construction working through deep packet inspection that blocks access to most major websites available internationally. The Firewall is capable of blocking more than 600,00 websites like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, and more. […]
A lot of people think that internet censorship, and online surveillance is inevitable—but even so, that these things still might not have a day to day affect on their lives. It’s certainly easier to see this train of thought in countries where privacy laws are not atrocious–but in places like China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt […]
A large majority of the current internet community loves to use messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, and signal. But, why do people love these apps? Well, they are free, and the convivence factor is important too–since most of these apps work on PC and phones. You don’t have to be super privacy literate or good […]
Australia has long since been on the crusade to end encryption, and we’ve covered their stance against it in numerous blog posts in the past. Australia and it’s government officials have even come out as saying that they don’t believe in the laws of encryption, or even in mathematics itself. Turnbull, the Australian prime minister, […]
Data is everywhere in our modern internet addicted world, and companies aren’t afraid to take it in order to increase profits. It’s up to you, the end consumer, to be aware of these companies and how they operate so you can protect your personal data. However, while it’s easy to understand that a company always […]
TorGuard VPN was recently rated the #1 fastest VPN by PCMag–but do you think we were satisfied with those results? No, we believe there are always ways to improve. Thanks to feedback from our customers we have prioritized a major upgrade to our 10Gbps VPN servers. We have just completed deployment of our NEW Seattle, LA, […]
We’ve already covered the detrimental effects of Article 13 on the blog in detail, but now Youtube itself has spoken up about the negative consequences that the laws could have on the YouTube community, but also the internet in general. Under both Article 11 and 13–known subsequently as the “link tax” and “upload filter”, companies would be […]
Any website you visit online, or even an application you use that connects to the internet, has the potential to log your IP address and thus your real world location. At the request of a government or powerful figure, ISPs can easily assign an IP address to a real world user and give out a […]
The last few years have seen a steady increase in the Chinese censorship regime. It’s been a long time since websites like Facebook, Google, and Twitter were banned. Publications and other forms of media are carefully regulated, but the Chinese government isn’t satisfied yet with how tight their grip is. Now, under a new internet […]
Apple has been one of the few tech companies to take a stance against privacy. Known primarily for refusing to unlock an iPhone for the FBI, Apple has shown a measure of control when it comes to monetizing its customer base preferring privacy instead. Now, CEO of Apple, Tim Cook is taking another stance for […]
