It feels dirty to agree with an ISP on something. But even the worst corporations are on the right side of something from time to time I suppose.

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    In autocratic states where VPNs are blocked, they use VPNs that are harder to detect. So by the time they decide to criminalize VPN use in the free (read slightly less un-free) world, we’ll still have a cornucopia of options.

    It’s like FBI trying to ban encryption or get it regulated when we already have encryption technology that is deniable.

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      3 months ago

      n autocratic states where VPNs are blocked, they use VPNs that are harder to detect

      Paying for the VPN that’s harder to detect with my credit card which is very easy to detect.

      It’s like FBI trying to ban encryption

      https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/the-fbi-is-secretly-breaking-into-encrypted-devices-were-suing

      Devices are already riddled with backdoors imposed by federal authorities. The only real way to avoid them is to obtain a device not designed or assembled within the NATO block.

      Incidentally, import of these devices has become increasingly difficult, on the grounds that these devices may have backdoors implemented by foreign governments.

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        In case you weren’t aware, it’s actually pretty easy to pay for a VPN in unmarked funds. Most will allow for BTC transactions, but some VPNs will even allow you to use giftcards for a place like Target.

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          Most will allow for BTC transactions

          This is the dumb guy panacea for committing every financial crime. You’d never even know the block chain is a public ledger.

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          Mullvad even lets you send them an envelope with cash in it, with no identifying info other than your account number.