Viber offers decent security, there’s no doubt about it. What’s more, a VPN also encrypts your Internet traffic, making sure your government can’t see you’re using Viber, and use that against you. Unless you use a Viber VPN service, that is.Ī VPN will hide your IP address, allowing you to easily bypass any government’s firewall – yes, even China’s Great Firewall. Overall, whether you live in a country that blocks Viber, or are just travelling through it, you’re going to have to put up with annoying restrictions that strip you of your online freedom and privacy. The fact that you have to deal with them for even one second is unacceptable. Still, how long those restrictions last really doesn’t matter. Some of the countries listed above continue to block Viber to this day, while others only blocked it temporarily. Other countries that have banned Viber include: Plus, Chad already blocked Viber (alongside many other services), and so has China. Also, Viber faced a ban threat in South Korea some years ago. Russia’s PM already said the government might consider blocking Viber if the devs don’t comply with the authorities’ requests – requests that would give the Russian government access to users’ private communications. Why? Because governments love to have total control over your data, and the way Viber encrypts your communications prevents that from happening.Īnd that’s not just speculation on our part. The authorities can easily pressure national ISPs to block Viber country-wide anywhere in the world. While geo-blocks might not be a concern, government censorship sure is.
You can access Viber’s website and use their app from any country – as far as they are concerned, that is.
“Wait, there are no geo-b l ocks keeping me from using Viber, so what’s the deal with that statement?”
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