The Quartz Index had the following story…all done with graphics which I would send but screenshots of the story were 2.7 meg, more than our group’s limit.
Here is the wording from the slides, seems the Iranian’s have learned of VPN’s…information is power and much of the globe has their information blocked by governments, VPN’s are one way to get the news in and out of these countries…..since we’ve had discussion of VPN’ I thought I would send, and I’m becoming much more interested…keep the info flowing Harry so we’ll know the success your having….my question..if your computer looks like it’s in another country what problems do you have logging into your bank, insurance, government sites, shopping, etc. etc. John 10 MILLION Protest over Iran’s stagnant economy began on Dec. 28, followed quickly by the government blocking message apps like Telegram. Since then, Iranians have been flocking to virtual private networks (VPN) apps. CANADIAN VPN app Psiphon saw traffice from Iran JUMP to 10 Million users after the Telegram block, from 3 million before, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Psiphon app hides online activity from censors and allows users to use messaging apps like Telegram and visit blocked news sites. THE APP is aimed at people in countries where the government tries to control the flow of online data It is available in languages like Arabic, Burmese, Kazakh, Persian, and Tibetan. AMERICAN VPN app Lantern, which is popular in China, also registered an increase i interest from Iran.
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