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Comment on ISP to Supreme Court: We shouldn’t have to disconnect users accused of piracy

uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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

aclu.org/…/the-fbi-is-secretly-breaking-into-encr…

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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- KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  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.
  
  this smells distinctly russian for some reason, anyway, just use open source software and hardware, the protection net while not perfectly, is entirely open, and theoretically, capable of perfect safety.
  
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  - UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    this smells distinctly russian
    
    Of course, disregard everything Snowden and Assange leaked. Your devices are secure, citizen. Carry on.
    
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    KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    my brother in christ you literally referred to it as the NATO block.
    
    What makes you think chinese devices don’t have backdoors for example? It’s also likely russian devices do, though idk how many if any they produce. We do know that russian malware often has a russian locale kill switch because apparently they’re a little silly like that.
    
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- djsoren19@yiffit.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  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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  - UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    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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  - Alk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Mullvad even lets you send them an envelope with cash in it, with no identifying info other than your account number.
    
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- MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Time to get on it privacy coin bandwagon
  
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