Mastercard and Visa Start Banning VPN Providers

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Following the introduction of restrictions against file-sharing services, Mastercard and Visa have now started to take action against VPN providers. This week, Swedish payment provider Payson cut access to anonymizing services after being ordered to do so by the credit card companies. VPN provider iPredator is one of the affected customers and founder Peter Sunde says that they are considering legal action to get the service unblocked.

Payment providers are increasingly taking action against sites and services that are linked to copyright infringement.

There’s an unwritten rule that Mastercard and Visa don’t accept file-hosting sites that have an affiliate program and PayPal has thrown out nearly all cyberlockers in recent months.

It now turns out that these policies have carried over to VPN providers and other anonymizing services. Before the weekend customers of the popular Swedish payment service provider Payson received an email stating that VPN services are no longer allowed to accept Visa and Mastercard payments due to a recent policy change.
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https://torrentfreak.com/mastercard-and-visa-start-banning-vpn-providers-130703/#

The internet is becoming a machine of corporate will now.

No longer will you be able to speak out about things and not be concerned about your personal safety.

This and the massive spying going on.....in the name of safety what have we lost.
 
Someone will just take their place. The more restrictive they make their business models the more opportunity there is for a competitor to step in.
 
Halfmad said:
Someone will just take their place. The more restrictive they make their business models the more opportunity there is for a competitor to step in.
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I can't see anyone just stepping in and replacing Visa and Mastercard
 
So Mastercard/Visa willing to take a drop in their cut (all be it tiny in comparison), just because someone somewhere is having a vendetta against a legitimate VPN Service.

What next, the same people that convinced Mastercard/Visa to do this, to next dictate that you cannot pay for other legal services ?

Maybe this is why other alternative payment services like UKash are doing so well :)
 
But how long until UKash provoke the rath of big banks?

Look at Bitcoins, there under investigation now.

Some that works and works well outside the power structure is quickly destroyed.
 
tom_e said:
I can't see anyone just stepping in and replacing Visa and Mastercard
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Therein lies the problem: They're acting like shills for the Government because they cannot currently get their way. Removing VPN access is just step one to having no way of hiding your data from Government.

Data that has nothing to do with them. They suspect me of doing something? Get a warrant.

Yet, alas, people sleepwalk into a surveillance state because they think it keeps them safe. It's the best, and biggest lie, that governments have.
 
LordSplodge said:
Therein lies the problem: They're acting like shills for the Government because they cannot currently get their way. Removing VPN access is just step one to having no way of hiding your data from Government.

Data that has nothing to do with them. They suspect me of doing something? Get a warrant.

Yet, alas, people sleepwalk into a surveillance state because they think it keeps them safe. It's the best, and biggest lie, that governments have.
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+1

I hope PayPal don't block unblock US, I like netflix and Hulu

Anyway this is where bitcoin will come in to fill the void
 
LateX'Dog said:
But how long until UKash provoke the rath of big banks?

Look at Bitcoins, there under investigation now.

Some that works and works well outside the power structure is quickly destroyed.
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Probably more difficult to control UKash compared to other money services (but never say never i guess), as you pay for a UKash 'Voucher' through a PayPoint system in most shops, the same way as you can pay for your electricity and other utilities, you can pay for a UKash voucher with cash (removing the bank's intervention/involvement), you cannot pay for UKash with Paypal etc online, so it remains away from the mainstream money services, which is for the best :)

I wasn't aware you could walk into any local shop and buy Bitcoin (like you can with UKash), unless im mistaken.
 
PapaLazaru said:
So, people up in keyboards about this, tell me, how does this actually affect 99.9% of their customer base?
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Because having massive payment systems block access to any legal services they please due to corporate interests is a worrying precedent to set.

I don't use VPN's, so it doesn't directly affect me, but I can see that if they have the power to do it here, what's to stop them blocking any other service that they choose?
 
PapaLazaru said:
So, people up in keyboards about this, tell me, how does this actually affect 99.9% of their customer base?
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Are you only allowed to get upset/irate about something that directly effects you?

gillywibble said:
Done in the name of copyright infringement. Sure.
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That and "prevention of terrorism" are the defacto horse**** excuses used by Government nowadays.
 
Rhodri said:
Because having massive payment systems block access to any legal services they please due to corporate interests is a worrying precedent to set?
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No it's fine. As long as it doesn't effect you obviously... (I'm being sarcastic, you're right and I agree. See above)
 
gillywibble said:
Done in the name of copyright infringement. Sure.
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[/prizm]But! But! But! Piracy supports TERRORISM!!! And Copyright Infringer's are TERRORISTS!!!!!!! Corporates are good and only want to save us from being TERRORIZED by TERRORISTS, they don't care about the profits they just want to save us all from absolute TERROR!!!!!!. Anyone who disagrees with this or thinks I am wrong are clearly a TERRORIST!!!!.[prizm]
 
Castiel said:
It probably doesn't, however having financial corporations deciding what legal services you can or cannot spend your money on is a dangerous precedent.
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In short, this.

Why should the big card companies be able to turn around and say "No, you cannot purchase (totally legal) service X....because it's possible to use it in illegal way Y"
 
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