Internet users banned from browsing privately for ‘security reasons’
Found on Tribune on Wednesday, 31 August 2011
In an effort to ramp up the monitoring of internet security, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed all ISPs to prevent internet users from using technology that would allow them to privately browse the internet.
A PTA spokesman said that the directive was intended only to stop militants from using secure internet connections to communicate with each other, but admitted that this could only be done by preventing all internet users in Pakistan from using VPNs.
The source said that ISPs are unable to block specific URLs on websites and have to block the whole domain.
It should be easy to make them reconsider that decision. Banks just need to drop any connection to Pakistan because without encrypted connections, security cannot be provided.