The Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan continues to impose restrictions on the provision of the Internet in our country, which is under martial law, in order to prevent large-scale provocations committed by Armenia.
The statement came from spokeswoman for the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Gunel Gozalova. According to him, the aim is to prevent the provocations of Armenians in the cyber environment, as well as the dissemination of information containing military secrets by some citizens during the successful counter-offensive of the Azerbaijani army: "You also know that the enemy is sharing false information in the Azerbaijani language with fake profiles, especially on social networks, and the aim is to create alarm among citizens. At the same time, in the course of successful counter-offensive measures of the Azerbaijani Army to prevent military provocations of the enemy, to ensure the territorial integrity of our country, the security of the civilian population, some citizens share military secrets and information about military equipment. The Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies has repeatedly warned the population about this. Restrictions on the Internet in relevant areas are based on legislation. Of course, the Internet will be restored after the circumstances that necessitate the restriction are eliminated. Gozalova also commented on the issue of VPN users: "There is no legislation to restrict the use of VPNs, to identify and punish its users. It's just that every citizen should take responsibility for their information security and not allow access to personal information. We, as the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies, regularly inform the public about such issues. Through you, we once again bring to the attention of our citizens that at a time when the information war is also of great importance, we must be extremely careful about our information security, not to fall victim to provocation. Hundreds of free VPN applications are available. Not all of them are secure, even if they are confirmed by Google Play. Free VPN providers can sell your data for marketing purposes. Typically, such providers record users' online activities and sell them to third-party advertising companies to profit from the application. The service provider can track your online search activity when you use their application. If you have Snapchat, Picsart, Tamable, Codesignalcom, Renderforest, Zangi Messenger, Sololearn, Zoomerang, Shadowmatic on your mobile phones in addition to VPN, delete them immediately. .
Because these programs can be considered a source of threat to your personal information. Thus, the enemy can seize your personal information through these programs and use it for ugly purposes. Experience has shown that even apps approved in the Play Store can contain such malicious code. These codes are usually embedded in the application's source code and can only be detected by third-party scanning applications. The purpose of these malicious codes is to monitor your online activities and send your data to third-party servers. Free VPN services do not have strong encryption to protect the internet connection, and the user's IP address may be leaked. Free VPN services usually have a weak encryption system and are vulnerable to hacker attacks. Personal information may be seized. It should be noted that according to Article 16.1 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Telecommunications", in case of emergency, state of emergency or martial law, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the competent authorities have the right to use the necessary telecommunications networks, devices and means. may suspend, restrict or apply special rules for the use of communications. Special rules for the use of communications in emergency and military situations shall be established by the relevant executive authority. According to Article 3.1.2 of the “Special Rules for the use of communications in martial law” approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 517 dated November 30, 2018, the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan by agreement with the military authorities, temporarily