• sunbeam60@lemmy.ml
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    14 hours ago

    Do the government ministers understand that setting up your own VPN is literally a 5 minute operation.

    Hire a droplet VM, pre-installed with a server OS. Log in with provided credentials. sudo apt install docker Copy/paste a docker compose file that sets up a wg-easy container. Create a peer. Take a picture of the provided QR code. Connect to the server via a wireguard app. Done.

    Are they going to ban VMs?

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      29 minutes ago

      What a VM? What’s a server OS? How do I log in? What the fuck does sudo apt mean? What is docker? Now I’m editing files? A peer? What’s wireguard?

      So many of you are disconnected from regular people because you’re chronically online.

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        Yes plan law makers needs to have a clue on what they are making laws about. Teenagers looking for porn are going to learn.

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          13 minutes ago

          The same teenagers that don’t even use computers with physical keyboards?

          I’d wager less than 1% of the minors affected by this will learn how to proxy through a VPS.

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      7 hours ago

      If someone tells them to, they might try until a few business interests remind them that these are also fundamental components of business networks. Once money tells them to stop it, they will.

      VPN companies should just hire a lobbyist for a week and this will all go away.

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      8 hours ago

      Do the government ministers understand that setting up your own VPN is literally a 5 minute operation.

      Of course they don’t. Most of them type with their index fingers and don’t even understand what a VPN is.

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        7 hours ago

        Exactly this. There’s maybe 8 politicians in the whole world that understand what a VPN is. They’re told by a lobbyist and donor that it’s a thing that is bad, now they’re out to figure out how to make it go away.

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          3 hours ago

          I’m sure the VPN industry will bring a lot of money to bear to ensure this doesn’t happen. They like the online safety act itself, because it brings them customers, but if it also causes them to face issues they’re going to be less keen on it.

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      10 hours ago

      Are they going to ban VMs?

      They will keep banning things until they feel they have absolute control over the internet.