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I'm not quite clear what "this change" is or means. As far as I know, VPNs had been illegal in China before, so maybe this could be mainly a toughening of the

I'm not quite clear what "this change" is or means. As far as I know, VPNs had been illegal in China before, so maybe this could be mainly a toughening of the laws, and it still depends on the government's discretion to actually use the data, or to crack down on VPNs? In such regimes it can be a huge problem to find out what laws to take seriously and which ones not. And it often isn't as easy as taking all the laws seriously, because then nothing works either...

mytailorisrich 7y ago
VPNs are not illegal. VPN apps that are not authorised by the government are illegal, and using a VPN to bypass the Great Firewall is also illegal. I don't think any of this will change. Companies will still be able to use VPNs, but they will likely have to be by authorised VPN software vendors. Obviously the worry is that this may mean that the Chinese government could have backdoors or some other sort of access to data.