FinFisher is an infamous spyware known also known as “FinSpy”. The technology has been sold to governments in the past as well as other agencies internationally. The spyware can filter live video through webcams, audio through microphones, and it can even perform keylogging and other file logging techniques. Many believe Finfisher is used by oppressive […]
In Saudi Arabia, it’s common for services like Facebook, WhatsApp, Skype and other messaging services to be blocked. The reason being is that Saudi Arabia’s government wants complete control over these services, and due to some apps like WhatsApp that use encrypted communication (as well as Facebook Messenger with the feature enabled), it can be […]
Wikileaks, the ever reliable source of leaked controversial information, does it again. This time, it’s all about the ever-powerful Russian spy network–which might be a bit bigger than everyone had originally thought. The leak is a cache of documents that detail the organization and structure of the Russian surveillance apparatus that is used to spy […]
In the case of censorship, governments often turn to apps and services to do their work for them–meaning that if they can turn off a service or app from the company itself, they can easily block access to users in their country. This is what has just happened with Snapchat. Due to pressure from the […]
If you’re a VPN fan who hates Cloudflare captchas, we’ve got a solution. When you browse the internet with a VPN, you become completely anonymous with TorGuard’s AES-256 encryption and one of our shared VPN IP addresses. This means that websites or Internet Service Providers can’t trace you, track you, or keep a log of […]
On August 30th a document leaked that revealed the Estonian presidency (head of the European Union) revealed a new plan for online censorship in Europe. This plan strengthens online censorship and surveillance to the extremes that some consider it borderline illegal. The new plans want to increase internet control in the EU by making changes […]
Russia is one of the fiercest enemies of free speech. The Russian government thinks that the internet is mainly a tool for terrorists, which means that they have free reign to censor and block any website that could be potentially traced to terrorism or government criticism that could incite riots. Now in 2017, thousands and […]
Cuba like China and other censored countries, has locked down a large majority of internet and application services. Skype is blocked in Cuba, as well as dozens of other websites. A report from the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) found that 41 different websites are blocked in the country, and a large majority of […]
Bahnhof, one of Sweden’s largest internet service providers, just revealed that the Sweden is proposing new data retention laws at a massive scale. The law requires that data storage be extended in a multitude of ways and that internet service providers must rebuild systems to be compliant with data monitoring and surveillance. Unofficial estimates conclude […]
In China, a vast majority of the internet is blocked or censored, and free speech is severely limited. This year they’ve been hitting VPNs hard, and we’ve covered on the blog already on how they are targeting VPN users in China who value anonymity and unrestricted content. While we aren’t sure how effective these measures […]
If you’re a loyal Verizon customer who loves high quality streaming on mobile devices, the end is nigh. The reason being that Verizon is now throttling video streams on smartphones as low as 480p with some data plans getting as high as 720p. In the era of 4K–much less 1080p, this news is very dire […]
