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Pornhub blocks North Carolina and Montana as porn regulation spreads (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 20 points 2 years ago (7 children)

You can literally host your own vpn, nothing illegal about that. And, as someone else mentioned, work would be impossible for many companies, as almost any company that works with sensitive data uses vpn to some extent.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    And you think lawmakers would make a wise informed decision? You think that they wouldn't make a decision that would strip away your capability to use a VPN while protecting themselves and big tech that lobby for exemptions?

    Their Profit or Your Privacy, what do you think they'll pick?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I don't have to assume they're wise. The uproar would be enough to kill the bill before it gets out of committee.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Like the patriot act?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How many big tech companies had their business all halted by the Patriot act?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    You know I cannot quantify damages from a program that forces compliance without transparency through gag orders. I can point out that preventing the use of a VPN does not halt an entire company, you can still connect and work exactly the same as with a VPN it's just not in a secure and private manner but what are you trying to hide? /s

    No matter what you and I believe it's irrelevant, if privacy goes on the chopping block than a VPN access would need to go with it and the technology is currently irreplaceable as-is but that doesn't negate the possibility that it can become regulated. Privacy should be a human right but you and I both know that equality isn't always equal and there's a large portion of government over numerous groups that all have their own agendas and understand the advantages of knowledge and the power it can bestow. You're trying to fight greed and greed only cares about getting more.

    Thank you for coming to my Ted talk and best of luck to you frezik, I hope you're right but I'm not going to hold my breath.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I don't think it's even possible to for anyone to stop someone from using a VPN. Sure, in theory, they could affect VPN providers' businesses, but you're always going to be able to connect to a VPN if you want to. They'd have to block or heavily limit internet access in order to stop users from connecting to some remote server.

    Also yes, I do think lawmakers are aware that vpn's are not a threat to anything, thus there is absolutely no reason to ban them.

    Edit: Someone else mentioned a good point. Even if we consider them blocking vpn as a possibility "The uproar would be enough to kill the bill before it gets out of committee."

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