▲ 681 ▼ Denmark wants to ban VPNs to unlock foreign, illegal streams – and experts are worried (www.techradar.com) submitted 8 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 108 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/55094411
[–] iopq@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) That's not true either https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/09/chinese-programmer-ordered-to-pay-1m-yuan-for-using-virtual-private-network permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com -2 points 8 months ago (1 child) From the article: Ma [the one ordered to pay] said the police seized his phone, laptop and several computer hard drives upon learning that he worked for an overseas company, holding them for a month. He was later asked to provide details about his work, his bank details, his employment contract and other information, before being issued with the penalty in August This person was not "using a VPN", he was lying to the government about his working status and working for an overseas firm illegally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iopq@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago There's nothing illegal about working overseas permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com -2 points 8 months ago (1 child) From the article: Ma [the one ordered to pay] said the police seized his phone, laptop and several computer hard drives upon learning that he worked for an overseas company, holding them for a month. He was later asked to provide details about his work, his bank details, his employment contract and other information, before being issued with the penalty in August This person was not "using a VPN", he was lying to the government about his working status and working for an overseas firm illegally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iopq@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago There's nothing illegal about working overseas permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iopq@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago There's nothing illegal about working overseas permalink fedilink source parent