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MasterCard and Visa Start Banning VPN Providers

Posted by Soulskill on from the one-step-forward,-two-steps-back dept.

Nyder sends this quote from TorrentFreak: "Swedish payment service provider Payson received an email stating that VPN services are no longer allowed to accept Visa and MasterCard payments due to a recent policy change. ... The new policy went into effect on Monday, leaving customers with a two-day window to find a solution. While the email remains vague about why this drastic decision was taken, in a telephone call Payson confirmed that it was complying with an urgent requirement from Visa and MasterCard to stop accepting payments for VPN services. 'It means that U.S. companies are forcing non-American companies not to allow people to protest their privacy and be anonymous, and thus the NSA can spy even more.'" Oddly, this comes alongside news that MasterCard has backed down on its financial blockade against WikiLeaks.

6 of 353 comments (clear)

  1. Re:And thus it begins by radiumsoup · · Score: 3, Funny

    welcome bitcoin overlords, etc.

  2. Lucky me. by Danyel · · Score: 5, Funny

    I provide my VPN to myself for free. ;)

  3. Re:Oh whatever by Qzukk · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would guess the vast majority just want to watch Game of Thrones.

    This evil must be stopped at all costs to freedom and liberty!

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  4. Re:This is why... by LordLucless · · Score: 4, Funny

    And with enough energy and malice, I could burn the galaxy. Your point?

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  5. Call the WTO, the IMF, the marines! by fustakrakich · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is a restriction of trade. If we can force people to buy tainted beef and GMO foods, surely we can beat this.

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  6. Re:And thus it begins by I'm+just+joshin · · Score: 4, Funny

    A Beowulf cluster of Raspberry Pis running VPN Endpoints when not mining Bitcoins.