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A new research paper has discovered that 38% of free virtual private network (VPN) software has malware and 84% leak users' traffic in complete disregard of the users' privacy they should be protecting.

The great Firewall of China just got higher, stronger, thicker and longer, with any VPN now requiring prior government approval.

If one issue dominated the headlines last year it was Internet privacy – specifically the lack thereof. It was not just the tech giants collecting masses of information via telemetry, search, email, calendars, and document snooping but the massive data breaches of Yahoo! and others that shook our faith in using the Internet, trusting email, and trusting household technology names.

With Australia’s two major airlines, Qantas and Virgin Australia, soon set to offer in-flight Wi-Fi, this is a timely warning to protect yourself with a VPN.

The Twittersphere has been buzzing with complaints from users unable to use VPNs after an upgrade to iOS 10.x or macOS Sierra.

A free built-in no-log VPN is part of the new Opera browser for desktop users released by Opera Software on Tuesday.

The makers of the Opera browser have started offering a free VPN app for Android users, having earlier made a similar app available for iOS users.

A new Australian survey shows that corporate users are avoiding VPNs despite being requested to use them for secure access to corporate networks and data.

The news of explosive SVOD growth in Australia over the past year has not been good for the global market leader Netflix which finds that two well-resourced local competitors are nipping at its heels, while it appears to have cut off its nose to spite its face by blocking access to its big differentiator.

Symantec’s Norton Wi-Fi Privacy VPN for iOS and Android is set to be launched globally. Here is the full launch video in Australia

Allied Telesis has released a ruggedized compact VPN firewall, ideal for deployments in transportation, retail, manufacturing, branch office, and many other IoT application environments.

Encrypted Virtual Private Networks (VPN) are often cited as the secure way to access corporate data. But VPNs can be vulnerable when using wireless networks, they can usually access the entire network resources, and they can just as securely transmit malware to a corporate server.

Suggesting its cheaper to fly to the UK to watch a single Premier League game than it is to subscribe to the Optus EPL 24-month bundle, Choice says Optus puts football fans offside.

An updated version of Dell's SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) operating system provides policy-enforced SSL VPN access to applications, data and resources.

While Netflix made some loud noises in January about geo-blocking Australian users – well any non-US users - from accessing its US catalogue, the storm in the tea-cup appears to have died down. Un-blockers are ready to go more rounds with Netflix.

Netflix is trying to live up to its legal commitments by geo-blocking Australian users. It may have failed.

Consumer advocate Choice wants Aussies ‘to share their knowledge about how to circumvent geo-blocks’ after Netflix announced its VPN crackdown, but won’t Netflix read this shared wisdom?

Netflix services about 190 nations. It has announced that it will prevent VPN/proxy users from circumventing country-based content licencing restrictions.

Although you can use a VPN to open up Netflix’s entire global library, there’s another way to watch much more Netflix content.

Centrify has opened its first Australian data centre in response to what it says is strong demand for its Identity-as-a-Service offerings and Australian firms and government agencies wanting to have in-region storage.