Chinese corporations and multinational companies doing business with China also use VPNs to secure company data and make communications more private.īrowsing the internet anonymously is not the only advantage of using a VPN. It is not just individual Chinese citizens or visitors to China who benefit from VPNs to access social networks and banned websites. VPNs hide a computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, its physical location, and browsing history, among other data.
VPNs encrypt data, masking the user’s identity and activity while browsing the internet. Since China made it illegal to access the “foreign internet” without government permission in 1997, the use of VPNs as a workaround has proliferated.
However, as both individuals and businesses seek access to information and the ability to conduct transactions with people outside of China, virtual private networks (VPNs) to circumvent these restrictions have become a necessary tool. FortiClient, the Fortinet next-generation endpoint protection, provides users with secure remote access with a built-in VPN. Access to the internet has been restricted in China since the 1990s, as the Communist government has sought ways to limit not only its citizens’ consumption of news and information but also their interaction with those outside of China.
