Comment on Thoughts on the recent Swiss law that might require ProtonVPN to start blocking certain domains?

• Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The only reason it’s part of their branding because Switzerland is notoriously respectful of privacy. If they stop being that then that’s no longer a selling point.

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  • pogodem0n@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Why “notoriously” though?

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I don’t know how to answer that.

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      • pogodem0n@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I believe “notorious” is used in negative contexts. I was curious why Switzerland being respectful of privacy would be a bad thing.

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  • Auli@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    But this has nothing against privacy just piracy.

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Privacy is what protects you against criminal charges or being banned by your ISP

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    • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This is a form of the “Nothing to hide” fallacy.

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument

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  • coconut@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You people are going to hate me for thid but it’s not a privacy concern if they block piracy domains ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    • CapitalNumbers@lemm.ee ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Cool.

      In other news, Swiss law makers claim opening and reading all mail sent to make sure it doesn’t include the phrase “monty bojangles” is “not a privacy concern”

      My point is that in order to block a specific domain, you necessarily need to check it against a list of all legitimate domains being accessed

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It absolutely is.

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