In a bi-partisan effort by a pair of United States Senators, Marco Rubio (R- Florida) and Ron Wyden (D – Oregon) have drafted a letter imploring that the director of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency begin an investigation into the use of foreign operated VPN services by federal employees. The sense of urgency is prompted by a fear that national security … [Read more...] about U.S. Senators raise alarm over Foreign VPNs places negative spotlight on Kaspersky and Anchorfree VPN Partnership | Golden Frog
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Apple’s Response to Saudi App Controversy Indicates a Different Moral Standard for China | Golden Frog
In modern Saudi Arabia, an app that has been exploited (and partially designed) for a rather medieval purpose is currently available in the app stores of both Apple and Google. The Absher app is the official app of the Saudi Interior Ministry and is widely used for administrative purposes in Saudi Arabia, where it’s deployed for the sake of valid record keeping in the case of … [Read more...] about Apple’s Response to Saudi App Controversy Indicates a Different Moral Standard for China | Golden Frog
Our Commitment to China | Golden Frog
February 15, 2019 The quest for a free and open Internet is a never-ending fight in modern China. The Great Firewall has been tenacious and active against VPN providers in recent months, becoming more aggressive than ever as internal tensions have put the Chinese government on edge about controlling the flow of … [Read more...] about Our Commitment to China | Golden Frog
The European Union Proposes a Censorship Directive Disguised as Copyright Protection | Golden Frog
The future of the Internet in Europe and beyond has taken an interesting twist. Under the latest reform agreed upon by the EU, Google and Facebook will be forced to share revenue with content providers and to remove copyright-protected content on both YouTube or Instagram. Implementing such an initiative would require an expensive investment in software and digital filters that … [Read more...] about The European Union Proposes a Censorship Directive Disguised as Copyright Protection | Golden Frog
Russia Demands VPN Providers to Comply with Censorship; VyprVPN Refuses | Golden Frog
March 28, 2019 Censorship in Russia has been steadily rising in the past few years, most notably with the announcement in July 2017 when the initial VPN law was signed, and later took effect the following November. Since that time, the VPN industry was waiting to see what the outcome of the legislation would … [Read more...] about Russia Demands VPN Providers to Comply with Censorship; VyprVPN Refuses | Golden Frog