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Private Internet Access VPN has been blocked in Hong Kong
- valdean 7y agoThe headline is slightly deceiving. All "private internet access" isn't blocked, just a single VPN called Private Internet Access VPN.
- dredmorbius 7y agoI've emailed the mods.
- sctb 7y agoThanks! Updated from “Hong Kong Blocks Private Internet Access”.
- inimino 7y agoIt's one of the top two VPNs in China/HK. If they're coming for PIA, it means all the VPNs will be blocked soon or already are. In other words, full GFW lockdown for HK, removing one more of the last remaining freedoms that HK still had over the mainland.
- Confusedcius 7y agoAs someone who lived in Hong Kong, this is such a big step backwards. Freedom to access information was such a key part of picking HK over China when setting up an APAC office.
- intellix 7y agoMore reason for people to protest. Now they're deploying the firewall to censor information that people already know? Doesn't make sense... Why are people using a VPN in HK?
- oarsinsync 7y agoFor the same reasons people use VPNs anywhere, privacy from their FHR.
- 0xdeadb00f 7y agoCan anyone confirm this? People I know are saying this isn't true and they can access PIA fine from within HK. They say PIA's coverage in China and HK has been spotty from the beginning.