News broke this week that VPN provider PureVPN is lying to consumers about how it keeps logs, specifically claiming it doesn’t log when it actually does. The story serves as an urgent reminder that research and common sense must be used in order to select a credible virtual private network (VPN) service.
October 9, 2017October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)! This annual campaign takes place in the United States, and 2017 marks the event’s 14th year. NCSAM is sponsored by StaySafeOnline.org, and is supported by the US government. The goal of National Cyber Security Awareness Month is to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity and being safe online. This year’s theme is Our Shared Responsibility.
October 8, 2017We’re excited to share that our newest product – Outfox – moved out of beta and was officially released! Outfox is an optimized gaming network that routes your traffic through our network to improve connection stability, decrease lag and lower ping. Outfox increases your speed and improves overall performance while gaming.
October 4, 2017When our friends at Golden Frog invited the Digital Privacy Alliance to guest blog, we were watching the Equifax data breach story unfold. Timing, it seems, is still everything. That old cliché feels more true today than ever, with digitally enabled live streaming, on-demand consumption, just-in-time production, and same day delivery.
September 21, 2017Senate bill 1693, or the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017 (SENSA) is a bill authored by Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) designed to hold companies liable for sex trafficking conducted on their websites. Supporters claim the bill will protect the victims of sex trafficking, and give peace of mind to survivors.
September 18, 2017Policy Highlights offer an in-depth look at pieces of legislation related to the bills we’ve included on our policy scorecards, and provide a way for anyone interested in Internet and technology legislation to dive in and gain an in-depth understanding of the issues.
September 18, 2017Concerned about censorship in China? Alarmed that big companies such as Apple are not only complying with censorious demands, but not providing transparency into their actions? We certainly are, which is why we – along with our friends over at Greatfire.org – are hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on reddit on Thursday, September 14!
September 12, 2017This August, the Federal Communications Commission voted to begin a proceeding that would do the same kind of wand-waving with its duties to ensure broadband connectivity for all Americans.
September 10, 2017Apple recently pulled VPN apps from their China App Store, in a move that appears to condone restrictions imposed by the Chinese government. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time Apple has complied with China’s censorious demands – they’ve previously removed news applications and content, among other practices.
September 4, 2017China began blocking VPN providers again this morning, around 6:30am CST. Chinese customers were blocked from some of VyprVPN’s sites for about 2 hours, but we rolled out workarounds to restore service and were back up and running before 9am CST.
August 31, 2017The ISP giant is purposefully not providing enough bandwidth to satisfy customer needs, instead deciding to throttle ALL video on their unlimited plans, with mobile video capped at a very low 480p resolution – 720p on all tablets.
August 30, 2017The FCC comment period on net neutrality closes today, August 30, 2017. Golden Frog, in conjunction with our sister companies Data Foundry and GigaNews, filed an official reply to the FCC with our comments on the importance of preserving an open Internet, which involves protecting net neutrality.
August 29, 2017China began aggressively blocking VPN providers again, starting around 11am UTC today. Chinese customers were blocked from several of our sites for 3 or so hours, but we rolled out workarounds that restored access for users in China to most of our worldwide locations.
August 17, 2017