Many free mobile VPN apps are based in China or have Chinese ownership

Re:Many free mobile VPN apps are based in China or have Chin... by cauldron on Sunday November 25, 2018 @05:54AM (#18526370)

In fact they don't care that much if you are deemed reliable, like some state institutes, researchers, there's is a priviledged net CSTNET for those people, they don't block anything on that. They are far more lenient on English sites, presumably due to the requirement of high education level to read.

And there is a university net, it's slightly less blocked than public nets.

They've charged someone for selling VPN online, but charging users is effectively unprobable due to the sheer number, but since Chinese laws are generally vague, judges and prosecutors are easily influenced and arbitrary on party security cases, they can always pick couple guys off to make a statement or set an example, like Sabotaging Computer Systems.

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Re:Many free mobile VPN apps are based in China or have Chin... by baybal2 on Sunday November 25, 2018 @08:09AM (#18526724)

That myth was perpetuated for a long time. So far, I have not seen any genuine "unblocked network" in China. The few companies and universities with campus-wide unblocked internet simply use VSAT, or just a regular VPN. I've been on Microsoft's campus once, and the external IP of their wifi was that of an HK colo, same with the famed "very secret" Nottingham uni network that had Singaporean IPs.

Not even people in Qinghua (number one uni in China, if you don't count central party school) I know, know of anything that amounts to that.

The very same thing with MPLS, and allegedly "physically uninterrupted" links to HK. They also have GFW on them.

There is nothing that amounts to "officially permitted VPN" in China. That's a myth.

The only thing that amounts to that are microwave to HK/Macau, HK SIM, VSAT, or a cable across Sham Chun, and all of this is being actively looked for by police and three letter services.

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