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ISP to Supreme Court: We shouldn’t have to disconnect users accused of piracy (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It feels dirty to agree with an ISP on something. But even the worst corporations are on the right side of something from time to time I suppose.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/the-fbi-is-secretly-breaking-into-encrypted-devices-were-suing

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Mullvad even lets you send them an envelope with cash in it, with no identifying info other than your account number.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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 perfect, is entirely open, and theoretically, capable of perfect safety.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

this smells distinctly russian

Of course, disregard everything Snowden and Assange leaked. Your devices are secure, citizen. Carry on.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What makes you think chinese devices don’t have backdoors for example?

Incidentally, import of these devices has become increasingly difficult, on the grounds that these devices may have backdoors implemented by foreign governments.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

nice quote blocks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Time to get on it privacy coin bandwagon