11 expats arrested in Kuwait for gambling

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Recently 11 foreigners were arrested by Kuwait police in the Salmiya area in the capital Kuwait City for gambling.

“The officers raided the flat after monitoring it for several days following tips about men going there for illegal activities,” a security source told Kuwaiti daily Al Rai.

“Investigations revealed that seven Asians and four Arabs were running the gambling in the flat. They were all arrested and referred to the competent authorities for legal action,” the source added.

In February last year, security officers arrested a Kuwaiti doctor for reportedly running an illegal casino in the country.

According to reports, 33 other people, including one American citizen and three European nationals, were also arrested in the raid.

The casino, believed to be the largest in the country where gambling is strictly prohibited, charged high fees.

The police raided the makeshift casino after a Kuwaiti man lost 200,000 Dinars (Dh2.60 million) and informed authorities about its existence.

Police closely monitored the area and gathered enough evidence to raid the casino and make arrests.

Police learned that the American man owned a casino in the US and that the Europeans were professionals who operated in international gambling halls.

The reports said that smaller illegal casinos had also been secretly opened in various areas of the country and that a massive raid would be launched.

Gambling is banned in Kuwait, and authorities are concerned that the trend of gambling on the Internet is growing.

Media reports in Kuwait City said a large number of young people from different nationalities are gambling through social networking sites, playing mainly Poker, Black Jack and Roulette.

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Reasons to use VPN in the Middle East

Politics, iPlayer and Porn

Millions of people are spending their evenings in such simple pleasures like reading news and politics websites, watching internet porn, and enjoying the latest episode of Game of Thrones and others films on iPlayer.

It is hard to believe but these things are not available in the Arab world. Internet censorship, as well as geographical restrictions on online content are terrible in this part of the wold.

But this is not the end on Internet – it is just another day on the internet with VPN solutions.

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VPN or Virtual private networks, widespread only in the business sphere before, are very popular today among home Internet users in the Middle East: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Pakistan, Iran.

Such networks establish a private, encrypted data connection, and allow users to sidestep local censorship rules while disguising their online identities.

For example, an internet user in Qatar or the UAE could use a VPN to access online pornography, avoiding blocks on sites imposed in many Arab countries. VPNs can also allow access to outlawed political sites, certain social media services and other blocked content.

For example, an internet user in Saudi Arabia could use a VPN service to watch TV shows on the BBC’s iPlayer service, which is only available in the UK and a handful of other countries.

Defeating censorship?

Internet censorship is rife in the Middle East. Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia were ranked as the “top 10 most censored countries” in a 2012 report by the New York based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

“Iranian authorities maintain one of the world’s toughest internet censorship regimes, blocking

Legal implications

Yet could using a VPN land you in trouble?

In a market like the UAE, the law prohibits VPNs if they are used to commit or conceal a crime, legal experts say.

“Article 9 in the UAE’s Law No.5/2012 on Combatting Cyber Crimes makes it an offense to use ‘a fraudulent computer network protocol address by using a false address or a third party address’ for the purposes of committing or concealing a crime,” said Dino Wilkinson, partner at the Norton Rose Fulbright legal practice in Abu Dhabi.

Wilkinson said that it is highly unlikely the UAE law would be construed to pursue expatriates using VPNs to access online TV services.

“I am not aware of any particular enforcement actions being taken or contemplated by authorities on this type of benign personal use,” he said.

“I think there would be a bit of uproar among expats if they were stopped from watching Eastenders or the equivalent from their home countries.”

Be aware! Top 10 Cyber Crimes in UAE

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1. Run software on a computer network or an electronic information system or any information technology medium which can cause it to stop functioning or results in crashing, deletion, omission, destruction or alteration of the programme, system, website, data or information, without authorisation.

2. Email SPAM or flooding email with messages .

3. Obtain a secret number, code or password and gain access to information technology without legal right.

4. Use a computer network or information technology system to threaten another person, force them to engage in or prevent them from engaging in a certain act.

5. Establish, manage or run a website for gambling activities, and websites that promote the collection of donations without a license accredited by the competent authority, manage or run a website or use information on a computer network with the intent to publish information, news, cartoon drawings or pictures that may endanger national security.

6. Use a computer network or any information technology system to invade the privacy of another person.

7. Eavesdrop, intercept, record, transfer or disclose conversations or audio or visual material of someone else without consent.

8. Publish photographs of others without consent.

9. Run a website promoting programmes or ideas that would prompt riots, hatred, racism or damage to the national unity.

10. Insult others or accuse them of acts that would lead to punishment or contempt by a third party online.

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Adult sites in Saudi Arabia

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Lots of Internet users from Middle East and Saudi Arabia are looking for adult websites that are available in Saudi Arabia.

Is any porn site not blocked in Saudi Arabia?

It is sad to say but all adult content is blocked in Saudi Arabia on country’s level due to religious and moral principles.

Internet restrictions are very strict in KSA.

That means that you cannot access porn sites with your general Saudi IP address.
On one hand this is very disappointing for many people but on the other hand you can avoid all Internet limits easily!

Sahrzad offers secure and reliable service that helps to open any blocked site in Saudi Arabia.
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Net Neutrality in the EU

Great news for European citizens!
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The new EU rules prevent “blocking and throttling” of Internet traffic, as well as paid prioritization, although net neutrality activists have argued the EU’s approach to paid prioritization has too broad a carveout for specialized services and opportunities to favor some traffic.

“The rules enshrine the principle of net neutrality into EU law: no blocking or throttling of online content, applications and services,” the EU said following the vote by the European Parliament. “All traffic will be treated equally. This means, for example, that there can be no paid prioritization of traffic in the internet access service,” it added.
The FCC’s rules also allow for specialized services, like facilities-based VoIP, health monitoring, etc., which it does not treat as Internet access, but it also reserves the right to disallow specialized services that is providing the functional equivalent of an access service and makes clear it does not want folks trying to evade the rules to create fast lanes for things like video services. The EU rules do not have similar language, which makes some activists concerned they could be used for such video fast lanes.
The EU’s language about specialized services in an FAQ about the decision appears to justify that concern.

“The rules will ensure that the constantly growing quality of the open internet access service will not be hampered by the provision of services such as IPTV or telemedicine which share the same infrastructure. These innovative services may only be offered where and if sufficient capacity for internet access remains available.” EU pointed out that that last part about capacity means that specialized services cannot result in the slowing of other general Internet services.

In a letter in advance of the vote, companies including Etsy, Kickstarter, Netflix, Reddit, and Tumblr, pointed out what they said were major flaws in the proposal, including a carve-out for specialized services they say create Internet fast-lanes and allows zero-rating plans, in which carriers exclude some applications from a customer’s data usage totals.
Also criticizing the EU plan were Demand Progress, Fight for the Future, Free Press, and the Future of Music Coalition, the same groups that fought for the Title II-based approach to net neutrality rules the FCC adopted.

“Apparently Silicon Valley interests are disappointed that the European Parliament did not ban the “specialized services” that Europe may need to create a European Digital Single Market to compete with Silicon Valley,” said Scott Cleland, president, Precursor LLC, and chairman of NetCompetiton, which advocates for an open Internet free of government overregulation (NetCompetition is supported by ISPs including members of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and CTIA).
The EU also voted to end roaming charges by 2017–the net neutrality rules take effect now.

Both are part of a broader EU telecom law reform, with plans for better EU-level spectrum coordination.
“[This Week’s] vote is the final result of intense efforts to put an end to roaming charges in the European Union and to safeguard the open internet,” said European Commission VP Andrus Ansip.

How to Unblock Facetime in Dubai, Abu Dhabi (UAE) on Android

According to latest investigations the population of United Arab Emirates is over 10 million and about 8 million are expatriates. They come to the country for working.

Most of these people are living far from their friends and family.

Sure, a lot of them are looking for new friends in the UAE.

Where to find new friends in Dubai?

One of the best place where you can find new friends today is Internet. There is a great number of website and services where you can meet people.
Facetime is one of the most popular sites to find friends.
Unfortunately Facetime is blocked in United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi and others emirates)

How to unblock Facetime in UAE?

There are different options which can be used to access restricted site, such as:

Proxy
TOR
DNS
Translation service
VPN

VPN or Virtual private network is the most reliable way to unblock Facetime.

Main advantages of using VPN in UAE

It is safe
It is secure
It is absolutely anonymous

VPN hides your ip address making you invisible for country’s authorities and 100% safe.
On one have you get privacy and security and on the other hand you are completely free and can access any blocked site.
Using VPN is probable the only solution that can guarantee you Internet freedom and on-line security.
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How to access blocked adult sites in the Middle East

AdultContent Millions of websites are available today in the Internet. In many counties government blocks some kind of websites. The restrictions are based on IP address mostly so today it is not a problem to bypass these limits.

Best ways to open blocked porn sites

We have discussed the solutions how to open blocked sites. The short list is:

VPN
Proxy
TOR
Browser extensions
Translation services
DNS
Mobile Applications
Software
Wayback machine
https instead of http
Sites unblockers

You can use any of them but please remember that the most reliable and safe method is using vpn.

Pornography is prohibited in the Middle East. That is why people use vpn to hide IP address and unblock adult sites.

Also many people want to be secure and anonymous and do not show anybody that they are surfing porn sites.
VPN is a great way to be private and secure because it not only hides IP address but also encrypts off the traffic sent via vpn tunnel.
You can read more about vpn here.

How to unblock sites with Sahrzad

You can use Sahrzad vpn on different devices connected to the Internet. This can be your iPad or iPhone, Android planshets, Windows computer or Mac book.
If you care about your privacy – vpn is ideal solution because you can use system features of your device and you even do not need any additional software.

How to unblock porn sites in ipad

Setup vpn connection on your ipad
Once you have created vpn connection you can switch it on and off on the main settings screen.

2. Connect to vpn

3. Enjoy your Internet freedom

How to unblock porn sites in Android

1. Setup vpn connection on your Android

Click Settings icon

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Select Wireless & Networks and tap on VPN

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Tap Add VPN Network
Input connection name (Sahrzad VPN), select the type of your VPN connection – PPTP VPN, input VPN server address from your account data.
Please be carefully – don’t use any additional symbols like spaces, http://, www, / …etc in the server address.
Input your Username and password that you received from VPN account service in e-mail.
Save it and tap Connect

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For connection to vpn server:

Select Home > Menu > Settings
Tap Wireless & networks
Tap VPN settings
The VPN connections you have added are present in the list
Tap the VPN you wish to connect to (Sahrzad VPN)
A dialog box will open asking for your credentials, enter them and click connect

When you are connected to VPN, you will see an ongoing notification in the Status bar on your Android device. If you are disconnected, you will receive a notification and an option to go back to the VPN settings section.

2. Connect to vpn

3. Enjoy your Internet freedom

How to unblock porn sites in Mac

1. Setup vpn connection on your Mac

Click the Apple logo, and select System Preferences
2. Click on the Network icon under Internet & Network

3. If you see a locked padlock in the bottom left, click on it. Otherwise skip to step 5.

4. Enter your password in the dialog box

5. Click on the little + icon just above the padlock

6. Select VPN From the interface drop down.

7. Select PPTP From the VPN Type drop down

8. Enter the name Sahrzad and click Create

9. Enter the Server Address that Sahrzad sent you, and your username.
Server address must be exactly as in your account data (without http://, www or any other symbols)
Also check the box that says Show VPN status in menu bar

10. Click on the Authentication Settings button, and enter your password

11. Click Advanced button and tick ‘Send all traffic over VPN connection’.

12. Click Apply button to save all the changes.

13. In the top right of your screen, click the token icon that looks like this. From that, a menu will drop down. Click on the Connect link for your company name. This will initiate the VPN connection.

14. If all is well, after a few seconds you will be connected, and a timer will start showing you how long you have been connected

2. Connect to vpn

3. Enjoy your Internet freedom

How to unblock porn sites in Windows

1. Setup vpn connection on your Windows

To setup vpn connection in Windows 8 please follow the next steps:

1. Display the Charms bar, click Search, and then click Settings.

2. Type VPN into the Search box.

3. Click the Set Up a Virtual Private Network (VPN) Connection button in the Search results pane.

4. The VPN Connection wizard appears. Enter the following information:

* VPN server address from your account data that you received from Sahrzad into Internet Address text box. Please be carefully – don’t use any additional symbols like spaces, http://, www, / …etc in the server address.
* Destination Name. It’s just a name of your connection. For example it can be “Sahrzad VPN”.

5. Click Create.

VPN connection is created and Windows 8 displays it under the Networks heading in the Charms bar. Click on it to connect.

See others setup guides for Windows here.

2. Connect to vpn

3. Enjoy your Internet freedom

Access restricted websites in the Middle East with Sahrzad

With Sahrzad vpn you can access restricted websites in any Middle East country:

United Arab Emitares (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Sharjah, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah)
Kuwait
Bahrain (Manama)
Iraq
Oman (Ad Dakhiliyah
Ad Dhahirah North
Al Batinah North
Al Batinah South
Al Buraimi
Al Wusta
Ash Sharqiyah North
Ash Sharqiyah South
Dhofar
Muscat
Musandam)
Qatar
1. Madinat ash Shamal
2. Al Khor
3. Umm Salal
4. Al Daayen
5. Al Rayyan
6. Doha
7. Al Wakrah
Pakistan: Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Lahore, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Multan, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Sialkot, Bahawalpur, Sukkur, Jhang, Sheikhupura, Abbottabad, Gujrat, Larkana
Saudi Arabia (KSA): Al Jawf (or Jouf), Sakaka, Northern Borders, Arar, Tabuk, Ha’il, Al Madinah, Al Qasim, Buraidah, Makkah, Mecca, Al Riyadh, Riyadh, Eastern Province, Dammam, Al Bahah (or Baha) , Asir, Abha, Jizan, Najran

How to unblock websites in Pakistan

Internet restrictions is Pakistan are very strict. Lots of websites are blocked due to censure. Government of the country control all information sending and receiving via the Internet. In 2012 Pakistan made nationwide content-filtering service that blocks all sites that can harm national safety, that contains porn or anti religious materials, social networks and many others.

How to access blocked sites in Pakistan and stay safe and anonymous?

There are many different ways to resolve this problem. Let’s review the most popular and easy solutions.

Use Proxy service

Many people believe that using proxy to access blocked sites in Pakistan is the simplest way. Using proxy is really simple but this solution is not very safe and besides that most of free proxy solutions are banned in Pakistan.

Can this help?

It this safe and secure?

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Use https instead of http

This solution can help you to open some blocked sites but of course it does not work for all blocked content.

Use browser extension

There are many extensions for some well known browsers like Chrome and Firefox which can help you to mask your IP address and so you can try to avoid Internet filtering in Pakistan.

Does it work ?

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Use software

There are many software solutions which mask your IP address and in such way help to access blocked content. However using unknown software is always dangerous because you cannot be sure what this software can do on your computer.

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Using unblocking software is not safe for your privacy!

Use mobile applications

If you are using mobile devices like iPhone, iPad, Android devices you can try to install mobile vpn application like Spider VPN for example.

Use wayback machine

Several years ago in works great but I am not sure it works now. However you can try. Probable this can help you.

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Try Translation services

Sometime translation services like Google translate can help to bypass Internet limits when you try to translate banned page to another service. This might help to unblock websites.

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Use DNS

There are some smart DNS service which help to hide IP address and so go pass on-line restrictions and unblock sites in Pakistan

Use websites – unblockers

Sites unblockers can help sometimes. Unfortunately most of them are blocked in Pakistan.

This can work sometimes.

Use VPN Service

And the last but not the least is using VPN. This is the safest and securest solution you can use to unblock sites in Pakistan.

VPN service hides you IP address and also encrypts all your traffic. Under the vpn you are anonymous and can access any site you want.

Can this help? Is it safe?

Yes

Yes! This works in 100% of cases and it is 100% secure.

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From: http://sahrzad.net/blog/10-best-ways-to-open-blocked-sites-in-pakistan/

Is it safe to use VPN?

Millions of people cannot imagine their life without Internet today. We connect to global network from anywhere: homes, schools, offices, cafés, hotels, bus stops and even public beaches.

How safe is this?

Have you ever think about your network security and privacy?
This is question is especially actual if you are using unsafe public Wi-Fi zones.
In some countries like UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and others Gulf countries your online privacy is not only a question of your wishes to be anonymous. This could be question of your freedom.
That is why you should not risk and rely on doubtful services.
VPN service is really a perfect solution to make you protected in the Internet. But VPN service providers can be different.

What items you should consider to select the best vpn providers for your needs?

1. Privacy policy.

You must be aware that many free vpn service collect your personal information for some unknown needs. How they use these data? It is better to read Privacy policy before using the service.

2. Data logs

Many providers have log files on their services and store this information. This means that they can review your Internet activity anytime! And see what you are doing on-line.

3. Collecting your IP Address

Some vpn providers collect your IP Address. Ask – why do they do that???
To tell the truth – some vpn provider can store your sensitive data for very long time – even longer than your Internet service provider.
What privacy are you talking about in this case???
A VPN service you can rely must wipe all data logs regularly. The best is within hours of them being created. In such case any requests for the data cannot be fulfilled.

What questions do you need to ask?

So if you are going to use a VPN service what questions should you ask in order to determine whether or not they take privacy seriously. Here’s a few suggestions.

Do they have a privacy policy?

You can be surprised to discover that some VPNs don’t even have a privacy policy.

How long do they retain logs?

The best if VPN does not keep log files over 24 hours.

Where the VPN service registered in?

Knowing what country the VPN is registered in will let you research the country’s laws pertaining to online privacy.

What kind of personal data VPN service retains?

It is great to know if your VPN provider can link your account to a real identity.

Politics, iPlayer and Porn

Defeating censorship?

Legal implications

Is any porn site not blocked in Saudi Arabia?

Where to find new friends in Dubai?

How to unblock Facetime in UAE?

Main advantages of using VPN in UAE

-30% discount for all weekend!

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Best ways to open blocked porn sites

How to unblock sites with Sahrzad

How to unblock porn sites in ipad

How to unblock porn sites in Android

How to unblock porn sites in Mac

How to unblock porn sites in Windows

Access restricted websites in the Middle East with Sahrzad

How to access blocked sites in Pakistan and stay safe and anonymous?

Use Proxy service

Use https instead of http

Use browser extension

Use software

Use mobile applications

Use wayback machine

Try Translation services

Use DNS

Use websites – unblockers

Use VPN Service

How safe is this?

1. Privacy policy.

2. Data logs

3. Collecting your IP Address

What questions do you need to ask?

Do they have a privacy policy?

How long do they retain logs?

Where the VPN service registered in?

What kind of personal data VPN service retains?

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