Bara / The Nepal Police Cyber Bureau has requested service users not to use VPNs (Virtual Private Networks). This notice was issued last Wednesday, just before the government decided to ban unregistered social media platforms such as Facebook. According to the Bureau, using VPNs can lead to several risks:
Using VPNs, especially free or untrustworthy ones, may result in your personal data being exposed. If the VPN server is not secure, hackers can intercept and steal financial information. Some VPN services may contain malicious software that can infect your device and cause further problems.
The Bureau issued this warning after noticing that even when social media platforms are restricted in Nepal, users continue accessing them using VPNs by simulating a foreign location.
Have you received a call from new number or a message of enticement from any new email id? Do not trust the messages received from such phone numbers and email id. Such messages can also make you homeless. Spokesperson of the Cyber Bureau of the Nepal Police, SP, Deepak Raj Awasthi, urged all not to answer such calls and not to believe such emails, and respond to them.