Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN
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Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN
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Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN
#2Queue banning of VPNs in 3....2....1.....
There is evidence of links to terrorism. Well, VPN is 3 letters and so is IRA, ETA and RAF so thats a link. Better throw child pornography and drug smuggling in there as well
Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN
#3This is not going to end well. Back to the dark ages for strong crypto (ITAR et al.)? Perhaps RIPA in the UK is already sufficient.
Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN
#4Queue banning of VPNs in 3....2....1..... There is evidence of links to terrorism. Well, VPN is 3 letters and so is IRA, ETA and RAF so thats a link. Better throw child pornography and drug smuggling in there as well
Good, it's half-assed anyway. VPNs aren't a solution to the problem the Internet faces, total systemic invulnerability to censorship is.
Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN
#5This is not going to end well. Back to the dark ages for strong crypto (ITAR et al.)? Perhaps RIPA in the UK is already sufficient.
It's an arms race. Technologists will find new ways to hide, while the rent seekers experiment with new legislation.
Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN
#6Almost all my traffic goes over a VPN these days. I don't do any file sharing, but I just don't want my ISP keeping tabs on me. (Yes, yes, I know, a VPN ISP can keep track too) It's so easy (and cheap) to set up a VPN or SSH tunnel with your own server (or servers). My favorite site for finding a cheap provider is www.lowendbox.com or www.lowendstock.com.
I have several VPN/SSH servers around the world for an average of $20-$25 per year.
Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN
#7I was looking into VPNs recently, when I remembered The Pirate Bay launched their own early 2010. I considered signing-up until I found out Sweden is following EU policy on data retention https://blog.ipredator.se/2012/03/the-question-of-data-reten...
Not that a VPN is 'safe', so I considered Tor, but then that's only as safe as the exit node.
Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN
#8My fear is that use of an anonymising VPN will in itself become cause for the state to hassle you, and that this won't require any new laws to be passed.
Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN
#9My fear is that use of an anonymising VPN will in itself become cause for the state to hassle you, and that this won't require any new laws to be passed.
I don't think courts would take kindly to that kind of blatant attack on free speech and privacy rights that are well-established in law in most countries.
Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN
#10I was looking into VPNs recently, when I remembered The Pirate Bay launched their own early 2010. I considered signing-up until I found out Sweden is following EU policy on data retention https://blog.ipredator.se/2012/03/the-question-of-data-reten... Not that a VPN is 'safe', so I considered Tor, but then that's only as safe as the exit node.
If you are serious about this go for perfect privacy, mulvad or bwprivacy.to. those are used by pros from the good and the dark side of teh internetz.