Viber blocked?
There are countries that ban Viber altogether. The United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and more recently, Morocco all prevent the app from appearing in their respective territories. China, North Korea, Kuwait and others also do not allow Viber within their borders. Since most Middle Eastern countries block the service, it is safe to assume that there is a cultural aspect to this restriction. Several Islamic cultures reject the possibility of such a direct way of potentially contacting “western”, or any other culture.
There are ISPs as well that do not favor or even prevent their customers from using certain services. Etisalat of the United Arab Emirates is an example of this. Any subscriber of this company, regardless of the country of residence, will not have access to Viber. Public Wi-Fi spots might also restrict the use of the app, even in countries that otherwise do not ban the application; shopping malls, busier squares or restaurants could also be included. Cheer up, though; a VPN service solves this problem of inaccessibility, both locally and from any point of a country that bans the Viber.
Unblock Viber
There are two essential parts of how this is done. First, any given VPN company will ask you to install an application onto your device or set it up manually. Android and iOS machines are the most supported in terms of software. Once the setup is done, all you have to do is connect to a VPN server in a Viber-friendly country of your choice. You are actively informed about the process – it is done via IP address swapping. The address that you swap to represents one part of a secure VPN connection – this part grants you the access itself.
Protecting this network comes in the form of encryptions. This type of protocol cloaks your online traffic with a second layer of data. The result is that your presence online is going to be hidden, and your activities extremely hard to detect. We recommend using either the L2TP or OpenVPN types of encryptions. And, it is very important to state that you can unblock Viber by connecting to the internet with a country’s IP address that does not block it.
Therefore, the overall effect is a network that in one part lets you use the application, and also protects you from third parties realizing this, in case you reside in an area where it is not allowed.
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