UK
Is Using a VPN in the UK Mandatory?
A lot of online content would be available to everyone if the freedom to access information was being respected on the internet. As you probably already know, much of the online content is restricted to only certain countries, or regions. This means that not everyone can access that content, which is something that many people don’t see as fair. In this group, we can often find some sort of ...[Read More]
Encryption Apps Targeted by UK and How to Stop UK Snooping
There are a number of encryption apps that are designed to make it easier for people in the UK to secure information. These work hard to keep outside forces from trying to steal information from people. Powerful 128 or even 256-bit encryption functions are used to secure data and to keep it inaccessible from everyone except for those who have a proper account to reach the data with and its login i...[Read More]
UK ISPs Send Piracy Alerts – How to Protect Yourself
If you live in the UK, and you actively pirate media content, you might want to start rethinking how you use torrenting or what lengths you should go to protect yourself. Because starting in 2017, ISPs will begin emailing you if you are caught pirating illegal media. It’s similar in the US, and some ISPs–in conjunction with music and media industries, are starting cracking down (like Time Wa...[Read More]
UK has Gone Full Batshit
The UK has gone full batshit, implementing censorship and surveillance laws like we’ve never seen before. Well, we’ve seen it in China, and now Russia–but the UK? Really? If you weren’t aware, the Investigatory Powers Bill has now passed. In essence, it means privacy in the UK is ****cked. TorGuard, a VPN provider, explains it best: “this new bill forces electronic data to be stored by UK In...[Read More]
How to Get Around Sky Filtering System
If you’re in the UK, chances are you might be using Sky Broadband as an internet service provider. And if you’re here, reading this article, you might be very annoyed that your ISP is taking liberty to censor what content you can access on the internet, even if it might be considered somewhat “unseemly.” In this guide, we will show you how to get around sky filtering system so you can unblock por...[Read More]