serenacat 82 Posted ... The change this week in Hong Kong, with direct jurisdiction by the CCP/Beijing government and the override of the "Two Systems" agreement by security laws and mainland police presence seems to require review of whether users can have confidence of privacy or security when using HK servers. One reference of the impact and scope and implications is this Australian newspaper article:https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/hong-kong-s-new-national-security-laws-reach-beyond-china-20200701-p557zd.html Although it is undesirable to follow the Trumpist/US MIC with various anti-China propaganda, it should be recognised that although China is increasingly powerful and aggressive, the rest of Asia is a considerable counterweight (Japan, S Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Australia, India, etc) and European organisations such as AirVPN have alternatives. Perhaps Taiwan can be a replacement for CCP HK, or more servers in Japan and Singapore, or perhaps give Indonesia a bit more modern industry ? 1 arteryshelby reacted to this Share this post Link to post
ddn 0 Posted ... I would agree that the recent changes override the HK sovereignty as we know it. Reading about the system, the orders under the new act is also out of the HK judicial process (Excludes the nominal non-chinese judges). I would believe that HK is very much over-ruled and need not be considered separate for our purposes. Share this post Link to post
FBSair007653 6 Posted ... With everything going on in Hong Kong, will the HK servers still be here or should we expect some changes ? 1 kbps reacted to this Share this post Link to post
go558a83nk 290 Posted ... PIA is pulling out of HK. If they do, then surely Air will. Share this post Link to post
wetah31897 0 Posted ... The Hong Kong police has now full authority to search, monitor and intercept communications without any judicial supervision. That definitely needs to be addressed rapidly. Share this post Link to post
OpenSourcerer 939 Posted ... Done. If you have any comments, direct them at the announcement thread. Hide OpenSourcerer's signature Hide all signatures » I am not an AirVPN team member. All opinions are my own and are not to be considered official. Only the AirVPN Staff account should be viewed as such. » The forums is a place where you can ask questions to the community. You are not entitled to guaranteed answer times. Answer quality may vary, too. If you need professional support, please create tickets. » If you're new, take some time to read LZ1's New User Guide to AirVPN. On questions, use the search function first. On errors, search for the error message instead. » If you choose to create a new thread, keep in mind that we don't know your setup. Give info about it. Never forget the OpenVPN logs or, for Eddie, the support file (Logs > lifebelt icon). » The community kindly asks you to not set up Tor exit relays when connected to AirVPN. Their IP addresses are subject to restrictions and these are relayed to all users of the affected servers. » Furthermore, I propose that your paranoia is to be destroyed. If you overdo privacy, chances are you will be unique amond the mass again. Share this post Link to post