▲ 513 ▼ Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing (www.eff.org) submitted 9 months ago by who@feddit.org to c/news@lemmy.world 64 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (2 children) It's only a matter of time before some protocol is invented that bypasses all of this with some simple code or some plugin. You can't just ban your way to compliance. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ironfist79@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago There's already several of them. You can even run things like cjdns which is entirely encrypted and p2p routed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) They can criminalize you for doing it. Would you take the risks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Yes. You pirate anything? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Sure, but with a VPN. If my government wants to ban VPNs, I guess it's pretty easy to see that 99,9% of my requests go to single IP that belongs to a VPN server permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) There are ways around that kind of stuff even for the most stringent of governments. Of course inherently there's always a risk you asked me if I'm willing to take it and I said yes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 9 months ago Even if the punishment would be death? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ironfist79@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago There's already several of them. You can even run things like cjdns which is entirely encrypted and p2p routed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) They can criminalize you for doing it. Would you take the risks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Yes. You pirate anything? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Sure, but with a VPN. If my government wants to ban VPNs, I guess it's pretty easy to see that 99,9% of my requests go to single IP that belongs to a VPN server permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) There are ways around that kind of stuff even for the most stringent of governments. Of course inherently there's always a risk you asked me if I'm willing to take it and I said yes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 9 months ago Even if the punishment would be death? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Yes. You pirate anything? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Sure, but with a VPN. If my government wants to ban VPNs, I guess it's pretty easy to see that 99,9% of my requests go to single IP that belongs to a VPN server permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) There are ways around that kind of stuff even for the most stringent of governments. Of course inherently there's always a risk you asked me if I'm willing to take it and I said yes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 9 months ago Even if the punishment would be death? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Sure, but with a VPN. If my government wants to ban VPNs, I guess it's pretty easy to see that 99,9% of my requests go to single IP that belongs to a VPN server permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) There are ways around that kind of stuff even for the most stringent of governments. Of course inherently there's always a risk you asked me if I'm willing to take it and I said yes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 9 months ago Even if the punishment would be death? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) There are ways around that kind of stuff even for the most stringent of governments. Of course inherently there's always a risk you asked me if I'm willing to take it and I said yes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 9 months ago Even if the punishment would be death? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 9 months ago Even if the punishment would be death? permalink fedilink source parent