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Apple Press-ganged in China’s VPN Crackdown

The weekend brought the latest step in Beijing’s ongoing campaign to rein in VPNs—encrypted tunnels under the "Great Firewall" between China and the global internet—ahead of the pivotal 19th Party Congress in the fall. Already this year, the government has introduced licensing requirements for providers, and shut down some while recruiting telecom companies to help implement new controls. It recently denied reports that personal VPN use would