UAE bans VPNs

[airvpnclient 13]

Weird story deflects real reason for banning VPNs

 

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/if-you-get-caught-using-vpn-uae-you-will-face-fines-545000-1572888

[zhang888 1066]

Hard to call it a real reason, just a media speculation. There is probably more than one reason.

I personally think the bigger reason is easier surveillance, in which they now invest a lot of resources.

 

Check this article, it was written by a security researcher who went there for "job interview":

https://www.evilsocket.net/2016/07/27/How-The-United-Arab-Emirates-Intelligence-Tried-to-Hire-me-to-Spy-on-its-People/

 

SSL and SSH tunneling can help users from this region avoid various traffic analysis based detections.

[OpenSourcerer 1442]

if they are found to use VPNs fraudently

 

Pretty much sums up the article.

[Kepler_452b 77]

TPTB in the West must be secretly drooling to do something similar.