I’m using signal right now for a family group, so complex solutions won’t work
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Funky_Beak@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months agoTurn on your vpn or buy server space and routing all traffic through that’s my plan b here.
psud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
theroff@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Will Signal block Australian IP addresses, or nix accounts that have a +61 phone number? I’d assume the former but if Signal and other social media platforms go for the latter it will be painful for Australian netizens.
KitKatKitCat@piefed.social 2 months ago
A VPN should have been my first thought. Rookie error on my part.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
As someone who has toyed with using one to get around my state’s porn ban a little, sometimes it just routes me other states with porn bans. So it’s not necessarily a magic fix. It’s better than nothing but if everyone starts banning something you will have trouble.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Any good VPN will let you choose the jurisdiction of the endpoint.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
Yes, but typically not for free.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m not au fait with this but can you use a raspberry pi for a makeshift vpn or something?
Seems like a thing the tech savvy people do
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
You can but it’s unnecessary. For most people just configuring each device to use a vpn is the path of least resistance.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’ve just seen a comment about the UK floating vpn bans and am considering the possibility in Australia so I’m probably commenting in the wrong thread.
Serinus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The UK needs to ban VPNs. To, uh, protect the children.
Funky_Beak@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
The raspi still needs to be out of the country for it to work how you want it to. They may block vpn providers, but they just can’t block wireshark connecting to a off shore server because they would shutdown alot of methods, buissnesses use to transfer data. Well they could but it be some next level stupid.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Ah that’s a shame. I guess it could still be used as an adblocker. Time to go research VPNs
Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
The problem is everyone you chat with would also have to do this… unless you’re talking with people outside of Australia or can convince everyone else to also get a VPN.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’ve just seen a comment about the UK floating vpn bans and am considering the possibility in Australia so I’m probably commenting in the wrong thread.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
So you can talk to… yourself?
Funky_Beak@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Run a matrix server to my friends if came to it or have the sever point to the outside web and use it as an end point. Im talking nuclear solutions here that would cost me to achieve. I really dont like security being missmanaged in the name of public safety. If you want my data, get a warrent arrest me and demand my passwords.