Just recently, Ethiopia woke up to one of the worst internet outages in history. But was it an outage, or a purposeful censorship intent? On May 30, 2017, Ethiopians woke up to a blocked internet. They could not connect nationwide to any website. Since 2015, Ethiopia has seen three internet outages with social media websites […]
Switzerland is an excellent country. It’s one of the most developed countries in the world with the highest nominal wealth per adult, the eighth-highest per capita gross domestic product, and it ranks highly in government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, and human development. That said, while it does have a good quality of living […]
Just recently the Egyptian government blocked access to news websites alleging that these websites were guilty of spreading “fake news”. Several popular new websites were blocked by internet service providers at the request of the Egyptian government. Websites like the Qatari-funded broadcaster Al-Jazeera, Al-Sharq, Masr al-Arabia, Al-Shaab, and Rassd were blocked for publishing “content that […]
DNS Leaks can hurt your online anonymity while using a VPN. When your IP leaks out of your VPN you can potentially leak valuable information about your identity, like your personal IP address or what websites you visit. Imagine VPN as the “roof” of your house, and cracks in the ceiling as “IP leaks”. Sure, […]
Due to protests, Venezuela is increasing its control over its internet and expanding its online surveillance. The reason being that the country is in a state of crisis after anti-government protests caused over 50 deaths due to police related incidents. Nicolas Maduro is the source of contention, since he used emergency powers in 2015 without […]
This is something we’ve thought of for awhile. With consistent updates, the best security, amazing speeds, and versatile applications–you might think that’s all we need to excel as the best VPN service provider on the market. However, all of these important things can fall short in lieu of bad customer service. What happens when a […]
2017 in many ways is the year of cryptocurrency. But, it’s also the year of digital privacy. In both industries we are seeing some cataclysmic changes, developments, and increased user bases. Here at TorGuard we are seeing more and more users everyday looking to protect their privacy in light of abandoned privacy laws in the […]
Today the European Union just approved a proposal that will allow it to go forward with Europe’s first implementation of mandatory social media restrictions. The ruling was part of amendments to the EU’s “Audiovisual Media Services Directive,” issued last year to curb hate speech online. These restrictions will censor and block videos that incite hatred […]
China’s new Cyber-security Law will come into effect on June 1st, and may very well end up shaking the whole Chinese internet sphere, with online censorship rising to unprecedented levels. China is known to exert one of the world’s most severe censorship on its citizens, specifically online, and the Cyber Administration of China (CAC) is […]
TorGuard VPN’s app has become more and more powerful as the years have gone by. We’ve put good effort into developing the app to be robust, while still easy to use. It has plenty of features for power users, but the accessibility of the app is still present. Sure, you can just load up the TorGuard […]
In 2017, we’ve seen a ton of new developments impact the internet space. A lot of these changes are quite frankly bad, since they negatively impact user privacy at large. In Australia, we’ve seen large-scale metadata collection, in Russia we’ve seen massive internet censorship, and in China and Korea websites are completely banned. In the […]
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