VPN may be the most accessible thing for developers in China. For developers, using Baidu to search for information will be “looked down upon” by their peers. For overseas students returning to China, they also need to use VPN to keep in touch with their schools. But is it illegal to use a VPN in private? Read on:
First of all, what is VPN, everyone should know…
VPN stands for Virtual P rivate Network, which is a Virtual private Network, or more generally,
VPN is a transit service;
When our computer is connected to the VPN, the IP address of the external public network changes,
So a lot of people use VPN to change their Chinese IP into an IP address in another country and then “jump the wall” out.
That’s why one of the most important things developers should do before using Google to search for information, or after a foreign student returns home:
On your phone or computer,
Download a stable and powerful VPN tool…
(wechat screenshot)
Zhu Mou from Guangdong, is a member of the VPN army…
Last year, he installed a software called “blue light” to climb the wall on his mobile phone, and he also connected to the broadband network at home through his mobile phone. Therefore, from August to December last year, Zhu had a period of fun, mobile phone and computer together “climb the wall” to surf the Internet.
At the most, Zhu used the blue light 487 times in a week!
487 times may seem like a lot, but if you’re constantly connected to a VPN on your phone or computer, every time you unlock your phone or computer to access the Internet, you’re probably jumping the wall.
Immersed in the free flight of the Internet, he had no idea,
The Internet police are closing in on him!
This year, guangdong public security law enforcement out of the first single administrative penalty decision, fell on Zhu mou:
(Photo source: Guangdong Public Security Law Enforcement Information Disclosure Platform)
He was given a warning,
A fine of 1000 yuan!
And the reason for the punishment is,
He’s using a VPN to access Wallwall!
The network police even powerful, even “a few times a week” so accurate usage, can check out!
And the most direct evidence of Zhu’s transgression,
The app on your phone!
This seemingly ordinary administrative punishment immediately caused a stir online because it was revealed:
The first!
Punishment related to personal use of VPN!
Instead of being punished,
It’s more of a deterrent!
Some people say that Zhu mou may be in order to save money using VPN cracked version, will be so easy to target;
But anyway, the unfortunate Xiao Zhu who was caught in a random spot check by the Internet police,
The heart is bitter…
And for the vast majority of developers or people studying abroad,
The heart is desperate!
There is no VPN for overseas students to choose courses and pay tuition.
Some say that millions of people would be breaking the law…
Some netizens even found that only 500 dollars is fine for drugs!
Breaking a wall is a bigger penalty than taking drugs? !
On the second day after xiao Zhu was fined 1000 yuan for abusing VPN, Guangdong Public Security announced the second New Deal punishment decision in 2019: He mou was fined 500 yuan only because of drug abuse…
(Photo source: Guangdong Public Security Law Enforcement Information Disclosure Platform)
And you might say:
It’s just going over a wall…
No harm to others, no harm to society,
As for the fuss…
Network police can indeed be punished as follows:
Because, somebody else has the law to depend on!
According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology,
Computer information network of the People’s Republic of China
Interim Provisions on International Networking
Provisions of Article 6 and Article 14:
When computer information networks are connected directly to the international network, the international inward and outward channels provided by the national public telecommunication network of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications must be used. No unit or individual may use other channels for international networking.
Violators shall be ordered by the public security organ to stop networking, given a warning, and may be imposed a fine of less than 15,000 yuan.
The explicit provisions in black and white, plus Xiao Zhu’s personal test, all illustrate a thing that is easy to be ignored by everyone:
Use VPN in home, it is illegal!
If we get caught in the net,
Is to be subject to a maximum fine of 15000 yuan!
Serious circumstances, it is more likely to face arrest!
In recent years, more than one person has been “invited to the bureau for tea” because of using VPN.
According to a notice from the family members of the summoned person bearing the official seal of the Rongchang District Public Security Bureau in Chongqing:
A Chongqing netizen surnamed Huang was summoned to the public security bureau for investigation on suspicion of “establishing and using illegal channels to connect to international networks without authorization.”
Informed netizens said, the Chongqing huang, and not fined, only subpoenaed;
Selling VPN more serious consequences!
In October, a man in Shanghai was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for three years and fined 10,000 yuan for selling VPNS.
Also in 2017, more than 600 VPN apps were removed from the Apple Store in China.
These include Express VPN from a foreign VPN provider.
In the supplier’s blog post:
“Major VPN apps including our own” have been removed from Apple’s China store.”
The article was accompanied by an official note from Apple.
Meanwhile, the supplier also stated:
“Although the China VPN program has been removed, ExpressVPN is still available to global users outside of China.”
As all Chinese friends have seen, one thing after another is just to convey the same message:
Previously, VPNS were only banned from the technical control level,
Like taking down an app;
But now, a national crackdown on VPN use,
It has been upgraded to the legal level of “administrative violation”!
It’s not money, it’s detention…
Therefore, developers or foreign students, “over the wall” is dangerous!
In the first few months of 2019, there were two penalty notices related to VPNS.
Presumably, in the future, Internet police will have more control over illegal VPN use,
Will rise as fast as the naked eye can see;
good-looking
