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Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think “lol yeah well that’s not going to stop *me* from using a VPN”
A VPN ban isn’t really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, they’ll use the fact you’re using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any “hard work” (i.e. an investigator’s job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.
Don’t think you won’t be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.
And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw
#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia
Many #UK Users Soon Won't Be Able to Access #Pornhub404media.co/uk-pornhub-blocked…
#nsfw #porn #privacy #OnlineSafetyAct #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification
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Aral Balkan
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •@aral nah, next step would be DPI systems to ban every Wireguard except government-approved corporate systems
I know, I live in russia
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •@aral
Wireguard is desiged to be easy, but easy comes minor risks.
>By default, WireGuard stores your IP address on a VPN server until it reboots
For most people this is no issue, in countries like China, Iran, Russia and a few others, it can be an issue. see:
pcmag.com/comparisons/openvpn-…
#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia
OpenVPN vs. WireGuard: Which Protocol Is Best for Your VPN?
Kim Key (PCMag)Mark Hughes
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •@aral
Time for people to look at Autonomi:
- one download and you are browsing the Autonomi Dweb in your regular browser giving access to p2p web apps
- other early apps available, mobile on the way
- run nodes on legacy hardware to earn tokens and pay to upload files, videos etc
No gatekeepers or surveillance, privacy max. Just you and a p2p network where payments for uploading reward people (you included) for running the nodes that make it work.
More here: toast.happybeing.com
@jonah
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in reply to Jonah Aragon • • •I think some are still missing the point. I’m not saying they’re going to lock up every single person who uses a VPN or watches porn.
Your government’s strategy is to make “crimes” like this as common and easy to commit as possible.
This way, if you ever do something completely legal which they *actually* don’t like, *which can be completely unrelated to VPNs or bypassing age verification,* they can pull up your internet history and easily prosecute you.
Organize a legitimate protest, and the government’s swift response will be to label you a child sex offender because they found you using evil VPN technology.
This is how free speech dies, not from a law that says “free speech is dead now,” but from draconian, authoritarian laws like this that give the government “plausible” reasons to go after anyone, which can’t easily be fought against.
This has always been the playbook to target innocents. In the USA, drug possession laws being created as a pretense for cops to raid and disman
... show moreI think some are still missing the point. I’m not saying they’re going to lock up every single person who uses a VPN or watches porn.
Your government’s strategy is to make “crimes” like this as common and easy to commit as possible.
This way, if you ever do something completely legal which they *actually* don’t like, *which can be completely unrelated to VPNs or bypassing age verification,* they can pull up your internet history and easily prosecute you.
Organize a legitimate protest, and the government’s swift response will be to label you a child sex offender because they found you using evil VPN technology.
This is how free speech dies, not from a law that says “free speech is dead now,” but from draconian, authoritarian laws like this that give the government “plausible” reasons to go after anyone, which can’t easily be fought against.
This has always been the playbook to target innocents. In the USA, drug possession laws being created as a pretense for cops to raid and dismantle minority communities, for example. And now this is coming to the digital realm.
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in reply to Jonah Aragon • • •Hey, in less bleak news, it's Data Privacy Day! Spread the good word and make sure you're staying safe this year! mastodon.neat.computer/@privac…
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in reply to Jonah Aragon • — (Proud Eskimo!) •Over here it started with ID on sim card on a mobile, medical information and all in the ID card chip (all chips ping to nearest tower then 2 others to triangulate you if must ).
Then the pre paid Master or Visa cards ban.
Then the AI cameras every where. This Orwellian Dystopia is starting to have a track> France as well and in effect soon as other Nations in the EU.
theguardian.com/world/2026/jan…
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Paul Wilde
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in reply to GreyLinux • • •It should work for a Jellyfin server as is, but sometimes I find doing a more specific remote tunnel is better for this (and a lot better if the client does not have proxy settings)
rastilin
in reply to Paul Wilde • • •I think Jonah has being sarcastic there. Like, yes, technically you could use a non-VPN VPN, but its still basically a VPN and if VPNs are banned, would probably still be illegal enough if whatever government is in power ever needs a pretext to just grab you.
Paul Wilde
in reply to rastilin • • •ah, sarcasm, if only I thought of using that... 😁
But yes, you're absolutely right, any government would have absolutely no idea about the difference between a VPN and routing specifix traffic via an alternative path than it would normally go.
And I'll see them in court.
PedroLeal
in reply to Paul Wilde • • •Paul Wilde
in reply to PedroLeal • • •"What you in for?"
"Trying to bypass age verification on a website advertising alcohol by using socks proxies via dynamic ssh tunnels to various VPS spotted around europe and the rest of the world. I got caught because I couldn't adequately explain it isn't a VPN. You?"