Indian VPN Servers Gone - Party's over

nickeveli on 08/07/2022 - 09:35

Part PSA and part commiserating, but I've just learned most VPN providers have shut down their India-based VPN servers.

"A new mandate issued by CERT-In (an IT security organization established by the Indian Government) requires that VPN providers collect certain customer data.

Since TunnelBear will not collect or log this data, we have made the decision to remove our India servers from our VPN network."

Surfshark, NordVPN, ExpressVPN and Torguard also appear to have shut their India-based servers down.

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Comments

  • orangetrain on 08/07/2022 - 09:41

    It sounds like the privacy VPNs are gone, not all VPNs?

    • dust on 08/07/2022 - 10:10

      Would you want to use a non private VPN?

      • mboy on 08/07/2022 - 10:21
        +17

        That's just a VN.

      • orangetrain on 08/07/2022 - 12:08

        To access cheap youtube, etc?

        • [Deactivated] on 08/07/2022 - 13:36

          didn't a load of accounts get banned for doing that recently? why not just use ublock origin? they don't ban for using adblockers.

  • hashtagbargain on 08/07/2022 - 11:56

    Windscribe still shows 2 servers available.

  • Big Dog on 08/07/2022 - 12:54

    According to ExpressVPN, you can still get a virtual Indian IP address. Just that those servers are not located in India nor will they log your data.

    https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/remove-india-vpn-servers/

    • nickeveli on 08/07/2022 - 13:04

      That's great, hopefully others follow suit!

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