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The Best Facebook Proxy

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best facebook proxy browserWhat's the deal? It seems like everyone has been coming down on Facebook lately; Work, School, China, Mom and Dad. WTF?  Facebook is awesome, and only those who see it as a "time waster" or a "threat to national security" would ever think of banning it.  That's why we need a Facebook proxy.

Instead of making a long and boring post, I'll make this quick.

About Proxies

Facebook gets blocked because of firewalls. Proxies get you around firewalls.  There are firewalls for every computer and network.  That means you can block a site from a computer by setting it's firewall to block the IP address of that site.  In the same way, schools, jobs, and public computers can use a network firewall to block sites (porn, bomb making, and of course Facebook) from a whole range of computers sharing a network.  Proxies are used to change the IP address of the computer, and trick the firewall into thinking that you're not in it's jurisdiction.  When you use a Facebook proxy, it's the proxy's IP address that's accessing Facebook, not your real IP

facebook blocked accessThat means you can access Facebook at work, school, home, your phone, on public wifi, and even in Communist/Socialist regimes like China and Vietnam!

What's the best Facebook proxy?

Well, I guess everyone's got an opinion, but I think the best Facebook proxy is SecuriTales.

Yes, you have to pay for it, so if you're looking for a freebie, you're out of luck. BUT, you should pretty much ALWAYS pay for a proxy, even if it's not SecuriTales.

Here's why.

Did you ever think about why things are free?

1. Because they suck

2. Because they're getting your money some other way

Number 2 could mean a couple things.  One, obviously, is that they make money off advertising. Some of the legitimate free proxies out there like Hotspot Shield work alright, but they do bombard you with advertisements and popup ads.  What a pain in the ass.  But if you haven't go the cash, it's a decent alternative.

proxy spamHowever, the scary thing is that it doesn't stop there. Some free proxies are actually like collection pots for IP addresses.  They store the IP data and personal information from you computer, and then the owner of the proxy can either sell this information to other users or use it himself to send out spam and otherwise steal and abuse your online identity.

I'm not kidding, it really happens.

So think before getting excited about some random free proxy site you came across.

So, the deal is that SecuriTales is a totally legit service. They've got support and everything.  The best part, is that you don't have to jump in blind and pay a bunch of money.  It's only six dollars a month, and there's a 25% discount which I'll tell you how to get it a bit.

free trial facebook proxyThe second best part is that there's a FREE TRIAL.

Once you finish the free trial, they give you a chance for a 25% discount if you sign up immediately, which means you only pay 4.5 dollars for a month.  That's chump change for a fast service that you can trust.

The third best part of the best Facebook proxy is that if you don't like it, you can get your money back. They've got a 30 day money back guarantee which means you can try it out for a full month and if it's not worth your money, you can get your money back.

best facebook proxyThese are the reasons I think SecuriTales is the best Facebook proxy.

Only $4.5 dollars for Facebook – all day, every day, wherever it's banned.

At least try it for FREE.

Their site it www.securitales.com

 

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Google in China, What’s they’re next move?

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Here's another interesting article about Google in China.  I think the most interesting part of the article is that they summed up Google future options in china pretty well

  • Promote Google strongly in China but continue to sit in Hong Kong.
  • Do something completely different (e.g., a new Chinese search engine).
  • Re-enter China.
  • Do nothing.

Says it pretty well huh?

Seems like this year, with all the turmoil, and now with the new department for monitoring internet censorship and all internet related topics there's going to be some big changes in the next move. According to this article, even Facebook is making some moves in the Chinese market.  Wow. I wonder what Mark Zuckerberg's Chinese name is.

Anyway, some interesting stuff about Google losing face in here. Check it out.

Should Google Escape the Death Spiral in China by 'Losing Face'?

Unblock Facebook in China 2011

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I know it's kind of late, but I though I'd make an update for the year 2011 so far.  Things we've seen at Unblock Facebook in China during 2011

China Hacking in to Google (Dec 2010)

Revolution in Egypt (25 Jan)

Night Dragon Hacks into Oil Companies Servers ( 10 Feb)

Jasmine Revolution (20 Feb)

China Blocks PPTP L2TP protocols (16 March)

Return of 12vpn and Strong vpn (April)

 

It's been a crazy year so far for Unblock Facebook in China!  I'm working to keep you updated!

Status on Gmail, Vpn’s, and China’s

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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.

An interesting quote regarding the blocked vpn’s in China

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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…

It’s all going to hell…

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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

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

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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.