Formerly again, Pakistan is on its way to tensing the digital mesh. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority( PTA) is setting down on VPN operation, aiming to help access to the formerly banned platform X. “ After the policy is enforced, only whitelisted VPNs would serve in Pakistan and the others will be blocked, ” revealed PTA Chairman retired Maj General Hafeezur Rehman during a recent meeting of the Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat. This is n’t the first time Pakistan has tried to control VPN use. Back in 2011, the PTA instructed internet service providers( ISPs) to help guests from using VPNs unless they registered with the authority, claiming the move was to combat illegal VoIP( Voice over Internet …
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