ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has devised a new strategy to ‘register’ Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) after its previous efforts to ensure compliance failed to yield the desired results. The regulator has decided to introduce a new licensing category under which companies can apply for permits to provide VPN services. The move would eventually address the problem of what officials call unregistered VPNs, as all but those proxies provided by licensed companies would be deemed unregistered and blocked. With licensed service providers, authorities would be able to monitor the VPN traffic, as anonymity…
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