Server Request

[pdunc 0]

Would love to see some servers in Russia and Japan. Is this being planned or is it possible?

Thank you.

[Staff 9751]

Would love to see some servers in Russia and Japan. Is this being planned or is it possible?

Thank you.

Hello!

We have evaluated servers in Japan but current legislation in Japan gives some undue privileges to private entities which in our opinion provide options for infringements of the fundamental human right to privacy. Additionally datacenters do not meet our requirements for traffic. As a result, we regret to inform you that Japan has been discarded.

Russia was discarded for some issues in the past and will be evaluated again during 2013.

Kind regards

[teddylion 0]

How about a server in France?

If legislation is an issue, how about having 2 classes of servers, one with the current requirements (the green class) and a second one, with servers that satisfy some requirements only - to be used mostly to bypass geolocation, call this the yellow class.

I'd make it such that users have to opt in knowingly to use such a server.

[dgereegwert 0]

Hi!

Are you planing to offer a server in Hungary? Would be very much appreciated.

[ss11 15]

You posted on a topic that is more than 10 years old and now it might become confusing - we have servers in Japan that work quite well (things have changed since 10 years ago obviously).
For Russia I am not sure if it fulfills AirVPN's requirements.

[Staff 9751]

1 hour ago, ss11 said:

You posted on a topic that is more than 10 years old and now it might become confusing - we have servers in Japan that work quite well (things have changed since 10 years ago obviously).

Correct,

Japan's data protection legal framework revisions in 2015 and 2022 were a very remarkable improvement. We do not see any legal problem in Japan now.
 

1 hour ago, ss11 said:

For Russia I am not sure if it fulfills AirVPN's requirements.

You need to apply for a license and you can use only equipment approved and pre-configured by the federal security service. All devices must be connected to the FSIS, comply to the list of censored services, and can be seized by Roskomnadzor, investigative agencies, and the Federal Security Service without a court order (if the devices disconnect from the FSIS or for other reasons: without a court order they can just seize without notifying a reason and inaudita altera parte of course). Running servers without notifying Russian regime would be a fallacious option as it would probably expose to unnecessary risks Russian citizens connecting to them.
 

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are you planing to offer a server in Hungary? Would be very much appreciated.

We're sorry, no plans for Hungary right now. Anyway we discuss regularly, on a monthly basis at least, infrastructure status and expansion options, so things may change in the future.

Kind regards