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'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling

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Re: 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling

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Post by Markoff »

freedomben wrote: post #2

VPNs are just tools that sketchy people use for sketchy means. There's no legitimate use for someone who isn't trying to break the law. Allowing these tools let's underage people access porn, and do all manner of undesirable behaviors like accessing region locked content. I have actually heard otherwise intelligent people say things just like that, including site operators who run nontrivial websites. There are of co…

flagged for intentional ragebait, if this wasn't ragebait you would have used quotes

Re: 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling

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Post by piyuv »

idonotknowwhy wrote: post #35
creatacc wrote: post #7

I don't connect to internet without VPN nowdays. Too much tracking today.

How are you not blocked by banking, shopping, even sometimes google search?

There are inconveniences, but some protection is better than no protection. Trying to protect your privacy online is not a zero-sum game.

Re: 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling

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Post by latexr »

NotHereNotThere wrote: post #27
MSFT_Edging wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you need to read the second sentence.

His second sentence is "There's no legitimate use for someone who isn't trying to break the law." I'm not trying to break the law, I use it for my corporate usage, therefore it is legitimate use. What are you trying to say?

> What are you trying to say?

Pretty sure they meant “second paragraph” instead of “second sentence”.

Re: 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling

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Post by f6v »

freedomben wrote: post #2

VPNs are just tools that sketchy people use for sketchy means. There's no legitimate use for someone who isn't trying to break the law. Allowing these tools let's underage people access porn, and do all manner of undesirable behaviors like accessing region locked content. I have actually heard otherwise intelligent people say things just like that, including site operators who run nontrivial websites. There are of co…

> Allowing these tools let's underage people access porn

You can't imagine how much crime I committed in my teenage years. You don't wanna end up like me, punks! Stay off that crap!

Re: 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling

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Post by f6v »

NotHereNotThere wrote: post #27
MSFT_Edging wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you need to read the second sentence.

His second sentence is "There's no legitimate use for someone who isn't trying to break the law." I'm not trying to break the law, I use it for my corporate usage, therefore it is legitimate use. What are you trying to say?

I think they're trying to say you need to read the whole comment before taking it apart.

Re: 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling

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Post by cyanydeez »

freedomben wrote: post #2

VPNs are just tools that sketchy people use for sketchy means. There's no legitimate use for someone who isn't trying to break the law. Allowing these tools let's underage people access porn, and do all manner of undesirable behaviors like accessing region locked content. I have actually heard otherwise intelligent people say things just like that, including site operators who run nontrivial websites. There are of co…

yes, assuming your laws are like "Only blue eyed males are allowed to have internet"

Re: 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling

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Post by Narishma »

yreg wrote: post #10
freedomben wrote: post #2

VPNs are just tools that sketchy people use for sketchy means. There's no legitimate use for someone who isn't trying to break the law. Allowing these tools let's underage people access porn, and do all manner of undesirable behaviors like accessing region locked content. I have actually heard otherwise intelligent people say things just like that, including site operators who run nontrivial websites. There are of co…

Probably should have put a `>` before the first paragraph, because it reads like an 8/8 bait and most people won't continue to the next one. Regarding the misleading podcast claims, at least all the podcast and youtube ads made the VPNs popular on the mass market so now they are more difficult to be silently outlawed.

Putting a '>' would make it look like it's a quote from the article, which it isn't.

Re: 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling

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Post by trvz »

Bender wrote: post #39

If I were a governmental body I would do everything I could to keep citizens using paid VPN's and big CDN's. Money trails are easy to follow and the majority of people are just paying with their bank. It makes people feel safe and more likely to expose certain behaviors. Paid VPN's can say they do not have logs whilst having real time lawful intercept API's. A handful of VPN providers become a one stop shop to get th…

Most of the big VPN companies known from advertisments all over the internet are probably honeypots of the usual countries.
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