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April 6th, 2011 Posted in China, Internet Censorship, Unblock Facebook, Updates, Vpn
Apr, 06 2011
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I've just complete quite a few site updates. After that crazy period when vpn companies were dropping like flies I did a lot of quick-fix site changes including putting big signs in bold and crossing out prices and stuff like that.  Ugly.

But now I'm working with a new blog editor so I'm going to try and pimp stuff up with a bit of color, font, and text size changes.  HTML is such a pain sometimes, but the new blog editor makes it a bit easier.

Part of the update was including 12vpn back on the roster. I know, they've gotten pretty expensive compared to what they used to cost, but their service is still as good as it was before, and seeing as they're now back online in China, and users in China can use their service, I think it's important to note their awesomeness.

Is anyone having trouble accessing their paypal accounts with a vpn? Some guy left me a not saying he's having issues but I can't tell if it's spam or not.  I've never had a problem,

Funny thing about having a blog is that you get SOOOOOO much spam.  Sorry if some of your comments get lots, I get hundreds of pieces of spam every day.

Will keep you guys updated.

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Status on Gmail, Vpn’s, and China’s

March 30th, 2011 Posted in China, Gmail and Google, News
Mar, 30 2011
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Well, it’s March 30th, just over ten days after the vpn blocking bonanza on the sixteenth of this month. I’ll admit, I joined in frenzy.

OMG! NO MORE VPN’s!

Well, it turns out to not be so bad. Most of the companies that were blocked are back online and pretty much the same as before. As far as I know Witopia is still down, but as usual, there are reports in places that it’s still accessible.

12vpn has finally come back online with a new get-up, a new price, and a US only option. Unfortunately their previously crazy cheap prices are no-more.

There are now rumours that China is using invisible ninja’s to access our gmail accounts. OH NO! I guess they’ll find out all the secrets I’m hiding in my Gmail account!

Not.

Oh no! I’ll warn my JR buddies to use hotmail instead.

Not.

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An interesting quote regarding the blocked vpn’s in China

March 22nd, 2011 Posted in China, Gmail and Google, News, Vpn
Mar, 22 2011
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Li Wufeng, chief of the Information Office Internet Affairs Bureau of China’s State Council, said there have “never been any issues involving the access of legitimate VPN services that are used by companies to enhance security”

I wonder how they distinguish the difference…

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New Article March 2011 – Blocked vpn’s, Gmail Access

March 22nd, 2011 Posted in China, Gmail and Google
Mar, 22 2011
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China attempts spying on Gmail accounts – The Guardian

China Blocking Gmail and Secure Vpn’s – Australian Business Traveler

I can’t remember if I posted this the other day, but Strongvpn has gone back onlie. 12vpn and Witopia are still blocked. Freedur and Skydur are still up as well. I really wouldn’t try anything else. Maybe I’m just partial to bold colors and simple sites.

I’ve been unable to access my Gmail account without changing it to basic HTML. Maybe it’s a problem with my computer or their switch to https encryption.

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Recent net activitiy about vpn’s in China and The Block last week

March 21st, 2011 Posted in China, Internet Censorship, News, Vpn
Mar, 21 2011
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A very flawed (though sounds nice) arguement about why vpn’s are sure to survive as soon as the Chinese government realizes they’re wrong

The VPN-debate: why China’s internet censorship needs to fail

A great idea to make money but also ridiculously flawed logic article

Prices for a VPN-service

Just keepin ya up to date

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It’s all going to hell…

March 18th, 2011 Posted in China, Internet Censorship, New Blocks, News
Mar, 18 2011
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Just yesterday I thought Strongvpn and 12vpn were doing great because they survived 'THE Block', but as of tonight, march 18 at about eight o'clock I was unable to access either of them. My vpn is still working, so that's good news if you've already go one or are planning to buy one – i.e. if they block your site at least you can still use your vpn to get around. But it's just frustrating to see that China's firewall is winning the battle. I'll give it a bit of time before I go and Change my entire site, but for now, if you run across this blog – Astrill and Purevpn are still up. I'm getting hot and heavy for Astrill – cheap vpns, nice site design, OpenVpn/SSL options, and most of all, accessible. Check em' out before it's too late. Oh and heads up for Mac users – PureVpn only has SSTP for Windows 7 and Vista so go with Astrill. Astrill Vpn Pure Vpn

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Blocking of PPTP and L2TP, did anyone see it coming?

March 18th, 2011 Posted in China, Internet Censorship, News
Mar, 18 2011
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In the past couple weeks I had noticed a huge difference in my internet connection. Gmail just couldn't load correctly and I had to use the basic HTML format. I couldn't search on Google properly, and my vpn just would connect to newark like it used to. I flushed my DNS a million times, restarted, deleted, reformated. Anything and everything I could do I did. Being such a retard at these things, I simply blamed myself or my virus ridden computer. I never thought (why not?) that it was the Chinese gov't at work. How I didn't come to that conclusion is a mystery becaue they're usually to blame for this kind of thing. I was checking some of my stats at the 12vpn site and I notice that they weren't offering service to China anymore? WTF? And now it's 129 dollars for a year instead of the mere 70 it used to be? And no lite service? So I sent them an email to see what's up. It was a combination of things. For one, with the tsunami in Japan, a lot of the bandwidth here is f*ed up. They even mentioned something about internet restriction in the US to free up bandwidth for Asia. Isn't that nice. But I also discovered that China blocked all kind of shit over night, totally shutting down the Witopia site and crippling a few others. Some companies are kind of on their last legs (at least in China) as they switched to backup servers – the only backup servers they have. The block of PPTP and L2TP means that vpn's on mobile devices are pretty much useless now, and although I've read quite a few confident posts from other's in China that the blocking of protocols like SSL and SSTP is pretty much impossible, I think that the Chinese gov't will do anything and everything to get it's way and totally cut off vpn's in China.

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