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In November last year, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), a widely used online entertainment news portal, was also blocked by the authorities, only to be restored a day later.Ī Tribune survey last year had found that over 80% of respondents used a VPN or proxy server to access content blocked in Pakistan.I came across this awesome list of Free VPN's. When YouTube was blocked in Pakistan in September 2012, people turned to using VPN services like ‘Spotflux’ or proxy servers to by-pass the blocks instituted by government and access websites. Anyone else having this prob? Any other good proxy server? #Pakistan- Ali Dayan Hasan January 16, 2014 Spotflux not working on my laptops for over a week now. Yes I need some help too RT has refused to work any other Proxy VPN besides this and hotspot/?- Raza Ahmad Rumi January 13, 2014 However, people were still looking for alternatives to access their favourite sites. Shaheryar Mirza January 11, 2014Ī week later, flooded by complaints, Spotflux said that it was looking into the issue.įor users in Pakistan having trouble connecting to Spotflux: Rest assured we are working on a solution to the problem, but unfortunately we cannot predict when we may have you back up and running. So what happened to Spotflux? Is it blocked in #Pakistan or something? Hasn't been working for a few days now. Their reply: "We are currently tracking some connection problems in. Ref VPN issues, sent diagnostic data dump to Spotflux yesterday. Is anyone else's Spotflux not working?- Kalsoom Lakhani January 6, 2014Ĭhrome extension as alternative for #SpotFlux not working in #Pakistan - Daniyal Shahid January 8, 2014 People first started reporting problems with Spotflux in Pakistan on January 7, with more complaints following soon after.
The users could not get through the network while using Wi-Tribe, Mobilink, PTCL, Wateen and Qubee internet connections. Users in Rawalpindi, Wah Cantonment, Lahore, Islamabad, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Karachi, Bahawalpur and Sukkur told The Express Tribune on its Facebook page that they were unable to use Spotflux. However, at the top of their website, Spotflux note that their service is currently unavailable in Pakistan.
Spotflux is a New York based start-up that creates tools to protect privacy and security of users while retaining full access to information regardless of their location. For those of you living in Pakistan: let your voices be heard not to us but to those who seek to oppress your basic human rights.
While we will continue to work on a solution to provide access to all regions, please understand that this may take some time. We will most likely write a detailed blog post about this in the near future and communicate our findings to relevant media sources. Today we have collected enough proof that the government of Pakistan is actively blocking our datacenters. In a message posted on their official facebook page on Monday, Spotflux claimed that they have collected substantial proof that Pakistani authorities were blocking their datacentres. PHOTO: /spotfluxĪfter weeks of user complaints that the free virtual private network (VPN) service Spotflux was not working in Pakistan, the service claimed on Monday that it had proof its datacentres were being actively blocked in Pakistan. According to the official facebook page of Spotflux, they have collected substantial proof that the government is blocking their datacentres in Pakistan.