Comment on Online age checks came first — a VPN crackdown could be next

• _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They’re not doing so great, but also, if someone really wants to use an encrypted connection there’s ways around it even in places like Russia and China.

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  • alakey@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ultimately the end goal is going to become using whitelists, as what some of the aforementioned countries have implemented/are implementing as we speak. Do not delude yourself into thinking that just because there will be at least some way to send a very short, lightweight message out into the world and receive a similarly small response while remaining undetected, then it has to mean that you as an everyday Joe will be able to browse yourfavourite.site as if it didn’t get blocked. Stop this while you still can, don’t count on incompetence or existing circumvention methods.

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    • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I am all for stopping it, but the politicians suggesting these bans have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about or how damn near impossible it would be to actually accomplish: Fight it? Absolutely! It’s stupid as hell and will be a complete waste of time and money. It will 100% not stop anyone with even moderate technical ability and will be used as another excuse to punish people.

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