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ZoogVPN Windows v5.3 released – ZoogVPN Shadowing

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We’re happy to announce that we’ve released a new major ZoogVPN app update v5.3 with introduction of a ZoogVPN Shadowing feature for Windows. To download new version go to VPN for Windows page.

Bypass strong firewalls with ZoogVPN Shadowing on Windows

What is ZoogVPN Shadowing?

We believe that everyone from around the world should be able to use our VPN service and connect to our VPN server locations. Some countries or firewall have a very strong censorship whereby the use something called Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) to identify the use of VPN and prevent VPN from connecting. Read more...

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Is FaceApp as Bad as they’ve Presented it to be?

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Does FaceApp Deserve the Rep It’s Getting?

Recently, the FaceApp Challenge took the world by storm, with hundreds of millions of users have been adding decades to their appearance using FaceApp’s age filter. However, researchers and experts all around the world have raised their voices in concern that this app could present a big risk for the user’s privacy. In this week’s Zlog, we will talk about possibly danger users are in based on the current evidence, in order to determine if this face editing and face recognition app is as bad as its presented to be in the recent few weeks. Read more...

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UAE Blocked Skype – Here’s How to Unblock it with a VPN

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How to Go Around UAE’s Skype Block

According to the reports of multiple news agencies as well as Skype representatives, this communication app has been blocked in the UAE. UAEs blockade has led to massive frustration among hundreds of thousands of UAE citizens and international travelers visiting the country. But, there are ways of how Skype users can go around this ban and access this application. In this week’s Zlog we’ll take a look at how you can unblock Skype in the UAE by using a VPN service.

Why UAE Blocked Skype?

UAE has a long history of internet censorship and its stance on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services like Skype, WhatsApp and other similar apps has always been controversial.  VoIP providers are required to have special licenses from the UAE government in order to operate in the country. The issue with this is that there are no clear requirements or conditions required to obtain these licenses. It all comes down to which services and apps government officials arbitrarily decide on. Read more...

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Facebook’s Privacy Compromised Again – ZoogVPN Blog

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Facebook Suffers Another Major Breach

Over half a billion Facebook user data records were leaked after another security breach that happened recently. Even though Facebook promised to amp up security and privacy measures, this was yet another third-party related scandal that made the news in the last few days. Read this week’s Zlog edition and find out how and why this happened.

History Repeats Itself with Major Privacy Breach

Over 530 million unique user entries were compromised after it was discovered that websites and third-party partners stored their data on unsecured servers. This information was recently revealed by the security researchers from the renowned cybersecurity firm UpGuard. The exposed records include everything that the users shared with the website, including their passwords, names but also all of their likes, comes and interests. Read more...

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