• redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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    6 months ago

    In an order issued on April 24, Additional District Magistrate of Rajouri Rajeev Kumar Khajuria ordered immediate suspension of VPN services in the district as a preventive measure to protect all information related to the ongoing Lok Sabha elections and other sensitive data from cyber attacks.

    I still don’t understand why they banned VPN. How banning VPN would protect the election?

    • bamboo@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      Completely unrelated. VPNs, while imperfect, are effective and accessible tools for circumventing surveillance. That’s why governments don’t like them.