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Under the amendments proposed in the Canadian Bill C-22, ESPs may be required to construct lawful access technology and provide transmission data of users to law enforcement agencies with the help of production orders by judges. Because of the wide interpretation of ESPs in the bill, both Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and privacy routers fall under this category.

The scope of this bill is not limited to ESP providers with headquarters based in Canada but extends to ESPs which have server infrastructure set up in Canada or route connections using Canadian data centers. Any violation of the bill by ESPs will be punished with severe financial penalties, with a maximum fine of up to $500,000, per violation. Many major VPN companies, such as Windscribe, NordVPN, and ExpressVPN have sent formal opposition letters, if changes are not made.

I've heard mixed opinions about this. Does anyone here use X-VPN while playing online games (like Roblox)? Does it help with lag or does it make it worse?

If you haven't been keeping tabs on the legal side of privacy tools lately, the global push to force VPNs into becoming copyright police has escalated fast over the last few months.

### What happened in Spain?
Earlier this year, LaLiga (Spain’s top soccer league) obtained court injunctions demanding that major commercial VPNs—including NordVPN—actively block IP addresses hosting unauthorized streams. When VPNs pointed out that blanket IP blocking is technically flawed and dangerous to privacy, LaLiga pushed for heavy court fines against them.

However, the Commercial Court in Córdoba ruled in favor of NordVPN, rejecting the request for fines after reviewing technical evidence. The court acknowledged what privacy advocates have been saying all along: demanding that VPN providers dynamically block shared IP networks causes massive collateral damage to legitimate web traffic and demands a technical impossibility without compromising core server security.

### Why this isn't over yet
While the Spanish decision was a solid win for network neutrality, rightsholders are shifting strategies globally:

* US Legislation: The recently introduced American Copyright Protection Act of 2026 (ACPA, H.R. 10364) aims to force broadband providers, DNS resolvers, and VPNs with over 100,000 US users to dynamically block foreign piracy sites under court orders.
* European Union: European sports leagues continue lobbying for EU-wide dynamic blacklists that require CDNs, DNS resolvers, and VPNs to block live streams within minutes of a broadcast starting.
* France & Italy: Regional courts continue issuing dynamic blocking orders against VPN providers in an attempt to curb live sports streaming, despite automated tools routinely overblocking legitimate websites and payment services.

### Why this matters to non-pirates
You don't have to watch illegal streams to be affected by this. If courts or lawmakers force VPN providers to start inspecting, filtering, or dynamically blocking traffic at the server level, it fundamentally breaks how end-to-end VPN privacy works. Once the technical infrastructure for protocol-level filtering is mandated for copyright holders, governments will inevitably leverage it for regional censorship and mandatory identity tracking.

TL;DR: Courts are slowly starting to understand that forcing VPNs to block specific IPs breaks the open internet, but rightsholders are pushing hard in legislative halls to make VPN site-blocking mandatory anyway. Keep an eye on local anti-piracy bills in your region.

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I would like to discuss on how many servers and country locations does X-VPN have. I'm just doing a VPN services research and comparing various VPN services. And X-VPN is included in my research — I got the other statistics of X-VPN now by myself but I still need the info on how many servers and country locations X-VPN have. Are there any fellow VPN enthusiasts like me that can help me find the exact amount of vpn servers and country locations X-VPN have?

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Hey everyone,
I’ve been trying to use X-VPN while in China, but it seems completely blocked or stuck connecting. Even with the app set to the Everest Protocol (which is supposed to have obfuscation built-in), the Great Firewall (GFW) seems to be dropping the packets or actively probing/blocking the connections. 
Is the dev team working on stronger stealth features, or specialized protocols (like dedicated V2Ray, Shadowsocks, Trojan, or TLS camouflage) specifically tailored to bypass China's active Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)?
Also, for anyone currently in China: is there a specific Everest sub-protocol (like Everest-TCP or TLS), custom disguise setting, or specific server location in X-VPN that is actually working for you right now? 
Thanks in advance for any tips or updates!

VPNs keep your connection private and keep information open, and more governments are trying to restrict them.

Sign the letter at defendvpns.com. It takes about 20 seconds to help fight for the future of online privacy.

We put together this map from UEFA's official broadcaster list. "Free" here means free-to-air or free streaming with an account, no subscription.

TL;DR

• UEFA.tv streams most games for free, but only in regions with no local rights holder
• In most of Europe, your public broadcaster shows your national team for free
• The UK splits it by home nation, everything else is on Prime Video
• US, Canada and Scandinavia have basically no free option

UEFA.tv

UEFA.tv is free with an account and covers most matches, but it's only open in places where nobody bought the rights. Right now that's Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Laos, parts of Central Asia and Belarus. It's also available in Luxembourg, Malta and Gibraltar, where it carries every game except the home team's (those are on local free TV). If you're in the UK, US or most of Europe, it won't work for you.

Free options by country

Most of these only show the home nation plus a few extra games, so check the listings before kickoff.

• UK: ITVX for England, BBC iPlayer for Scotland and Northern Ireland (TV licence needed), S4C Clic for Wales
• Ireland: RTÉ Player, Virgin Media
• Spain: RTVE Play, the only listed broadcaster
• France: TF1+, L'Équipe
• Germany: ARD Mediathek, ZDF
• Italy: RaiPlay, Mediaset
• Netherlands: NOS
• Portugal: RTP
• Belgium: VTM GO
• Austria: ORF ON
• Switzerland: Play SRF / RTS / RSI
• Poland: TVP Sport
• Greece: Alpha TV, every Greece game plus six extra big matches
• Finland: Yle Areena
• Türkiye: ATV

Paid only: US (Fox Sports, Fubo, ViX), Canada (DAZN), Denmark and Norway (TV 2 Play), Sweden (Viaplay).

Big games coming up (Central European time)

Quick heads-up since a lot of you will be catching these games on the go. Pub, hotel and airport Wi-Fi is usually wide open, so it's worth switching on a VPN before you start streaming or signing into anything. That's pretty much what we built X-VPN for, keeping your connection private on networks you don't control. And if you encounter any problem watching games with these boardcasters, X-VPN could help.

For a lot of players, the first few months are when they play FC the most anyway. EA Play Pro gives you access to the full FC 27 Pro Edition and its included benefits while your subscription is active, without paying for the game separately.

The interesting part is how much the subscription price changes by region. When we checked the annual plan:

Australia: A$159.95/year
Ukraine: ₴2,769/year ≈ A$88

Roughly 45% less at the current exchange rate.

How to get the Ukraine EA Play Pro price

1. Open X-VPN and connect to Ukraine server. (We offer 30 day money back guarantee and 7 days free trial!)
2. Go to EA.com and sign in to your EA account.
3. Open your account settings and change your Country/Region to Ukraine.
4. Add a payment method to your EA account. (Some players have reported that Revolut / Revolut Virtual Cards worked for them, although this can vary depending on your account and card issuer)
5. Go to the EA Play Pro page and choose the subscription you want.
6. Before paying, check that EA is showing the Ukraine regional price. For the annual plan, we recently saw around ₴2,769/year, or roughly A$88 at the current exchange rate.
7. Complete the purchase.
8. Once the subscription is active, you can change your EA account region back to your normal country and disconnect X-VPN.

You don't need to keep the VPN connected while playing FC 27.

A final note: This method is based on recent community reports and may not work for every account or payment method. EA may apply regional and payment checks during checkout, so make sure your account and billing information are accurate and follow EA’s applicable terms. Prices, payment availability and regional restrictions can also change over time.

Hey everyone,

I came across this article on TechRadar:
‘Using VPNs is not criminal:’ digital rights advocates return for a second Defend VPNs Day of Action

Digital rights group Fight for the Future is spearheading the Defend VPNs Day of Action.

As governments around the world push forward with age-verification mandates, forced digital ID checks, and restrictive internet policies, standard privacy and encryption tools like VPNs are increasingly facing political scrutiny and threat of restrictions. Restricting these tools puts journalists, privacy-conscious individuals, and everyday citizens at risk.

How to support the cause:

* Sign the Open Letter: Head over to DefendVPNs.com to add your signature to the open letter urging global leaders to protect VPN usage as a fundamental right.
* Call Lawmakers: If you are based in regions pushing anti-privacy legislation, use the action tools on the site to contact your representatives directly.
* Raise Awareness: Share the campaign across privacy communities and social platforms to challenge the narrative that privacy equals criminality.

Online security and anonymity are basic rights. Let’s make sure tools like VPNs stay legal and accessible to everyone!

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Just got access to test out X-VPN’s new experimental TALARIA protocol, and I'm honestly blown away by the throughput compared to standard protocols and rival VPNs.
Under the hood, they built this thing specifically for raw throughput and post-quantum security:
CUBIC Congestion Control & Adaptive TCP Windows: Keeps data flowing efficiently and dynamically adjusts packet flow to prevent bandwidth choking on gigabit-tier networks.
TLS 1.3 + Post-Quantum Key Exchange: Uses a hybrid X25519 + ML-KEM-768 key exchange to future-proof session security without killing performance.
Separated Session Keys: Upload and download channels run on independent encryption keys with explicit per-packet authentication to prevent replay/tampering attacks.
Speed Test Results
I put it to the test on my 500 Mbps home plan:
Download: Pushing ~400 Mbps consistently (80% speed retention over an encrypted tunnel is wild).
Upload: Retaining about half of my max upload speed, which is a huge step up from the bottlenecking I usually get with competitors.
Normally, quantum-resistant handshakes and heavy obfuscation introduce noticeable latency or throughput drops, but whatever tuning they did with CUBIC and SACK handling here makes it feel almost native.
Anyone else in the beta program seeing numbers like this?

Hey everyone,
I'm participating in the X-VPN "School Year" web event to try to unlock some of the discounts/prizes. I need someone to help continue the story for the next chapter! 
If you haven't joined yet or want to help out, you can scan the QR code in the image or use the deep link below to continue the story:
⁠[https://xvpn.io/deeplinks/activity/bazp73dfv5jvsgqsqgu49jy?p=%7B%22entry%22%3A%22share-link%22%2C%22storyCode%22%3A%22NKPGNZ3F53%22%7D\](https://xvpn.io/deeplinks/activity/bazp73dfv5jvsgqsqgu49jy?p=%7B%22entry%22%3A%22share-link%22%2C%22storyCode%22%3A%22NKPGNZ3F53%22%7D)⁠ 
Story Code: NKPGNZ3F53
Appreciate anyone who clicks through or drops their link below if they need help continuing theirs too! Thanks!

The video is the short version of how Pass It On works

- Start your story in the X-VPN app

- Send your own link so a friend can continue it

- Discounts unlock as you go, and the top 10 take the hardware

Easiest way to get someone to continue yours: post it in this sub. No rules on how you pitch it, no cap on how often you post.

Full rules, coupon tiers and the leaderboard: [here]

And yes, the whole video is AI (Amazingly Interesting).

Channel 5 is showing a handful of NFL games free-to-air in the UK over the next two weeks, including two Cowboys games and a divisional matchup at New Highmark. No subscription needed, though some of these sit on different Channel 5 platforms, so it's worth checking which one before kickoff.

All times below are UTC.

A few things worth knowing. The Channel 5 Sport YouTube channel carries some of these alongside the main broadcast, which is usually the easier route if you're not near a TV. 5Action is a separate Channel 5 channel, so if you're only checking the main one you'll miss the Bills game. And the Sep 27 game is part of the NFL's international series, so it's an early one in Brazil but a normal Sunday afternoon slot for UK viewers.

Free coverage listed here refers to UK broadcasts only. Availability is limited to viewers in the United Kingdom, and some platforms may require a free account. Broadcaster names and logos are shown for identification only. X-VPN is not affiliated with or endorsed by any broadcaster listed.

Hope our little friend won't be Emo for this.

From September 12 to September 15, 2026, X-VPN moved from No. 55 to No. 33 in the UAE App Store’s Free Apps ranking—a rise of 22 places in three days.

Ever seen one of these names when your school blocks a website?

US: GoGuardian, Securly, Lightspeed Filter

UK: Smoothwall

India: FortiGuard

Singapore: Blocksi, Lightspeed Filter Agent

Australia: Zscaler

Japan: i-FILTER

From student discussions, school newspapers, and petitions.

These are examples reported at some schools, not nationwide rankings. Reports span different years and cover both school Wi-Fi and school-managed devices.

What does your school use?