Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoOnline age checks came first — a VPN crackdown could be nextwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1239arrow-down1external-linkOnline age checks came first — a VPN crackdown could be nextwww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·10 hours agoThey’re legally banned but that has not stopped the use of VPNs in the countries that tried to ban them, there are already multiple ways around the efforts to stop them.
minus-squareSkankhunt420@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-210 hours agoLegally banned = electronics seized, fines, and jail time when they catch you circumventing it and decide they want to make an example out of you. I’m sure that won’t ever be used negatively or to target specific groups like investigative journalists and whistleblowers. You not taking it seriously and trying to convince others to not take it seriously won’t make a better outcome.
They’re legally banned but that has not stopped the use of VPNs in the countries that tried to ban them, there are already multiple ways around the efforts to stop them.
Legally banned = electronics seized, fines, and jail time when they catch you circumventing it and decide they want to make an example out of you.
I’m sure that won’t ever be used negatively or to target specific groups like investigative journalists and whistleblowers.
You not taking it seriously and trying to convince others to not take it seriously won’t make a better outcome.