{"id":27779,"date":"2017-07-18T12:48:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T10:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27779"},"modified":"2017-07-18T15:57:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T13:57:59","slug":"is-vpn-legal-in-your-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/18\/is-vpn-legal-in-your-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Is VPN Legal in Your Country?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TheBestVPN.com<\/a> published a study of whether or not VPNs are legal in 196 countries<\/a> around the world. \u00a0There is a summary for each, and some links to details of the research.<\/p>\n

VPNs are legal, generally.<\/p>\n

It depends largely on the country you\u2019re physically sitting in while using a VPN. But even then, their laws and restrictions are often opaque. \u00a0What\u2019s legal vs. illegal is not always clear. \u00a0Some activities, while frowned upon, are still shrouded in grey area. \u00a0In this research we fact-checked 196 countries laws and their opinions on VPNs.<\/p>\n

VPNs are illegal in: China, Turkey, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Belarus, Oman.<\/p>\n

VPNs are some-what illegal in: Iran, North-Korea, Turkmenistan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

P.S.: If you can’t access the links above, VPN is probably illegal (or at least blocked) in your country or region.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

TheBestVPN.com published a study of whether or not VPNs are legal in 196 countries around the world. \u00a0There is a summary for each, and some links to details of the research. VPNs are legal, generally. It depends largely on the country you\u2019re physically sitting in while using a VPN. But even then, their laws and … Continue reading Is VPN Legal in Your Country?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Is VPN Legal in Your Country? #VPN #networks #law #legal #FreeSpeech","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[1284,577,1117,3410,334],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-27779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-free-speech","tag-law","tag-research","tag-vpn","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36989,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/04\/using-the-networkmanagers-dnsmasq-plugin\/","url_meta":{"origin":27779,"position":0},"title":"Using the NetworkManager\u2019s DNSMasq plugin","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"March 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Fedora Magazine runs a handy article for anyone using work\/corporate VPNs from a home computer - \"Using the NetworkManager\u2019s DNSMasq plugin\". 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