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Red Flags To Watch Out For When Choosing A VPN

2020-12-30T22:24:00Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Beware. That VPN may not have your best interests in mind. Getty Shoddy [/how-to/understanding-vpns-and-how-to-choose-one/ virtual private network] companies often scatter hints of their dubiousness everywhere they go. Learning to identify a few of these red flags can save you hours of research and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/tham-quan-tu-cam-thanh-nguy-nga-va-huyen-bi.html kynghidongduong.vn] a hefty annual subscription cost for supposedly getting connected to the internet more securely. Is the price too good to be true? Has the company been caught keeping logs? How are your connection speeds? To save you time, here are a few of the biggest red flags to watch out for when taking your new VPN out for a test drive. Read more: [/news/best-android-vpns-for-2020/ Best Android VPN for 2020] Free VPNs There's no such thing as a free lunch. Maintaining the hardware and expertise needed for large VPN networks isn't cheap. As a VPN customer, you either pay for a premium service with your dollars, or you pay for free services with your usage data when it's collected by the free VPN and bargained away to advertisers or malicious actors. As recently as [ August 2019], 90% of apps flagged as potentially unsafe in Top10VPN's investigation into free VPN ownership still posed a [/tags/privacy/ privacy] risk to users. Free VPNs can also leave you open to quiet malware installation, pop-up ad barrages and brutally slow internet speeds. Read more: [/how-to/best-free-vpns-5-reasons-why-they-dont-exist/ 5 reasons why you should never trust a free VPN] Snitching If a VPN is caught keeping or sharing user activity logs, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/tham-quan-tu-cam-thanh-nguy-nga-va-huyen-bi.html tử cấm thành bắc kinh] I won't recommend it. While most VPN services claim they don't track or keep logs of user activity, that claim can sometimes be impossible to verify. In other instances, the claim falls apart publicly when a VPN company hands over internet records to law enforcement. The latter has happened in a few cases. EarthVPN, Hide My Ass VPN and PureVPN have all been [ clocked by privacy advocates] for handing over logs to authorities, as has [ IPVanish]. To be clear, it is entirely possible to be grateful for the arrest of reprehensible scumbags while ardently advocating for consumer privacy interests. My beef isn't with any VPN company helping cops catch a child abuser via usage logs; it's with any VPN company that lies to its customers about doing so. The lie that helps law enforcement in the US catch a legitimate criminal is the same lie that helps law enforcement in China arrest a person watching footage of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Ideally, the VPN you choose should have undergone -- and published the results of -- an independent third-party audit of its operations, including its use of activity logs. Read more: [/news/all-the-vpn-terms-you-need-to-know/ All the VPN terms you need to know] Weak encryption Another red flag to watch for when choosing a VPN is shoddy encryption standards. Users should expect AES-256 encryption or better from VPN services. Nearly every web browser and app already uses AES, often touted as "military-grade" encryption, after it was adopted by the US government in 2002. If your VPN only offers PPTP and L2TP encryption, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/tham-quan-tu-cam-thanh-nguy-nga-va-huyen-bi.html tử cấm thành bắc kinh] look elsewhere. While you're snooping around for encryption details, keep an eye out for one of our favorite phrases, "Perfect Forward Secrecy." Those three little words can have a hefty impact on your privacy: If one of your VPN's servers is ever breached, Perfect Forward Secrecy ensures that any keys used to decrypt private internet traffic quickly become useless -- giving you more [http://www.guardian.co.uk/search?q=security security]. Read more: [/news/how-we-evaluate-and-review-vpns/ How we evaluate and review VPNs] Extremely slow speeds With just a little bit of elbow grease, any moderately skilled internet jerk can throw together a service that looks like a VPN but is actually little more than a proxy service reselling your internet bandwidth. Not only can that slow your internet speed, it could potentially leave you on the legal hook for whatever they do with that resold bandwidth. Hola's case was the most famous. The company was caught in 2015 quietly stealing users' bandwidth and reselling it to whatever group wanted to deploy its user base as a botnet. Hola CEO Ofer Vilenski admitted it'd been had, [ but contended] this harvesting of bandwidth was typical for this type of technology. "We assumed that by stating that Hola is a (peer-to-peer) network, it was clear that people were sharing their bandwidth with the community network in return for their free service," he wrote. Nearly all VPNs slow your browsing speed, some by as much as half. But a brutal crawl can be a sign of something worse than a simple lack of servers. So if being pressed into service as part of a botnet isn't your cup of tea, double-check those suspiciously slow speeds and the reputation of the VPN you're paying for. Read more: [/how-to/how-to-set-up-a-vpn-on-your-iphone-or-android-phone-and-why-you-need-one/ How to set up a VPN on your iPhone or Android phone: Yes, you need one] Now playing: Watch this: The promise and peril of new 5G networks (The 3:59, Ep.... 5:36

HK Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Says Police Raided His Private Office

2020-12-30T09:10:05Z

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HONG KONG, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai said police raided his private offices earlier on Thursday, months after he was arrested on suspicion of violating the city's national security law. Lai said police did not wait for his lawyers to arrive at his office and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/tham-quan-tu-cam-thanh-nguy-nga-va-huyen-bi.html tử cấm thành bắc kinh] took away documents. Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "They just wanted to get something to go against me," Lai said outside a court, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/tham-quan-tu-cam-thanh-nguy-nga-va-huyen-bi.html kynghidongduong.vn] where he went for a hearing over unlawful assembly charges related to this year's June 4 commemoration of China's bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square. "That's not rule of law," Lai said. "They just took everything." Lai's aide Mark Simon said on Twitter police did not leave any names or contacts for the 14 officers who searched the office. Lai was arrested in August on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces as around 200 police searched the offices of his Apple Daily anti-government tabloid, [http://wideinfo.org/?s=published published] by Next Digital Ltd. Police later also searched his yacht. He has not been charged. Lai had been a frequent visitor to Washington, where he has met officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to rally support for Hong Kong democracy, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/tham-quan-tu-cam-thanh-nguy-nga-va-huyen-bi.html tử cấm thành] prompting Beijing to label him a "traitor". The security law was introduced on June 30 and punishes anything China considers subversion, secession, terrorism or collusion with [http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result?p=foreign%20forces&submit-go=Search+Y!+Answers foreign forces] with up to life in prison. Critics say it crushes freedoms, while supporters say it will bring stability after prolonged anti-China, pro-democracy protests last year. (Reporting by Tyrone Siu and Joyce Zhou; Writing by Marius Zaharia; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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2020-12-30T09:09:56Z

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China And Vatican Prepare To Renew Historic Deal Angering US

2020-12-30T00:17:19Z

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The Vatican and China are preparing to renew a historic deal on the appointment of bishops that has slightly thawed icy relations - but has angered the US. After years of snail-pace negotiations, the Vatican sealed a historical 'provisional' agreement with Beijing in September 2018, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/tham-quan-tu-cam-thanh-nguy-nga-va-huyen-bi.html kynghidongduong.vn] allowing both the Chinese authorities and the Holy See to have a say in appointing Catholic bishops. The agreement, which is still in 'experimental' mode, is set to be renewed as Pope Francis has given the go-ahead for another two years, AFP news agency reported on Tuesday. The Vatican and China are preparing to renew a historic deal on the appointment of bishops that has slightly thawed icy relations - but has angered the US The agreement, which is still in 'experimental' mode, is set to be renewed as Pope Francis has given the go-ahead for another two years. Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square on Sunday RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-8451783/Fugitive-tycoon-accuses-China-bribing-Vatican-1-6billion-year.html Fugitive Chinese tycoon accuses Beijing of 'bribing the...] [/news/article-8756107/Chinas-Air-Force-propaganda-video-appears-simulated-missile-attack-base-Guam.html China's Air Force propaganda video appears to show simulated...] [/news/article-8756653/Chinas-second-wave-coronavirus-outbreak-winter-inevitable-Chinese-expert-warns.html China's second wave of coronavirus outbreak in winter is...] [/news/article-8755389/Coronavirus-China-finds-coronavirus-packaging-imported-squid.html China urges shoppers to get tested for COVID-19 after...] Share this article Share 57 shares It came after the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on the offensive last week in an article in US religious magazine First Things, slamming the 'horrific' persecution of believers of all faiths in China. He wrote that many countries had expressed 'revulsion' at 'accelerating violations of human rights'. 'The Vatican endangers its moral authority, should it renew the deal', he added on Twitter. China's roughly 12 million Catholics have for decades been split between a government-run association, whose clergy are chosen by the atheist Communist Party, and an unofficial underground church loyal to the Vatican. The latter [http://www.google.de/search?q=recognises recognises] the pope's authority and is often persecuted for it. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on the offensive last week in an article in US religious magazine First Things, slamming the 'horrific' persecution of believers of all faiths in China After years of snail-pace negotiations, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/tham-quan-tu-cam-thanh-nguy-nga-va-huyen-bi.html tử cấm thành] the Vatican sealed a historical 'provisional' agreement with Beijing in September 2018, allowing both the Chinese authorities and the Holy See to have a say in appointing Catholic bishops. This file photo shows a believer praying outside St. Joseph's Church, a government-sanctioned Catholic church, in Beijing on October 1, 2018 Pope Francis has been working hard to repair ties with the Communist country, but his overtures run contrary to US President Donald Trump's efforts to push a religious freedom theme against China in his campaign for a second term. After years of snail-pace negotiations, the Vatican sealed a historical 'provisional' agreement with Beijing on 22 September 2018, the exact content of which has never been published. The key novelty however was that both Beijing and the Vatican now have a say in appointing Catholic bishops. Francis immediately recognised eight Chinese bishops that had been appointed by Beijing without his approval. Since then, two new bishops have been appointed in China, with the nod of the head of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics. And in a historic step earlier this year, Chinese and Vatican foreign affairs ministers met publicly at an international event for the first time in seven decades. China's roughly 12 million Catholics have for decades been split between a government-run association, whose clergy are chosen by the atheist Communist Party, and an unofficial underground church loyal to the Vatican. The latter recognises the pope's authority Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun (centre) officiates during a mass commemorating the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Beijing Tiananmen Massacre in Hong Kong, China, on May 31, 2019 Pope Francis has just given the go-ahead for the renewal of the agreement, which is still in 'experimental' mode, for another two years, a source close to the dossier told AFP. The extension is expected to be signed next month. Thorny issues, such as Chinese Catholic priests suddenly disappearing from their parishes for weeks 'at the invitation' of the authorities, are in the meantime being raised with Beijing by Vatican diplomats, the source said. One of the Catholic Church's leading experts on Chinese affairs, Father Bernardo Cervellera, told religious news site Cruxnow.com earlier this month that the deal may have drawn much fanfare but had so far borne 'very little fruit'. And [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/tham-quan-tu-cam-thanh-nguy-nga-va-huyen-bi.html tử cấm thành bắc kinh] he voiced his hope that the Vatican, in renewing the agreement, would be tougher on China. Diplomatic relations between Beijing and the Holy See broke down in 1951, two years after the communists came to power. Efforts to rekindle them are hampered by the Vatican's decision to maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan. The island, with a population of 23 million, is considered by Beijing to be a breakaway Chinese province awaiting reunification. The Vatican is Taiwan's only diplomatic tie in Europe and Cervellera said he feared China will demand it break it off. A spokesman for China's foreign ministry said Thursday that the interim deal with the Vatican has been 'implemented successfully', saying there had been an increase in 'mutual trust and consensus'. Pope Francis's right-hand man, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said mid-September that the Catholic Church's 'current interest with China is to normalise the life of the church as much as possible'. He admitted the results so far 'have not been particularly striking'.