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What's out options if they do ban VPNs?
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The question is kinda "for what purpose". VPNs are great for accessing content on mainstream websites that are restricted in your country, more niche solutions like self-hosting your own VPN, Tor or I2P don't really work for that. I suspect those kinds of solutions are more useful for securing your own network, communication with other privacy enthusiasts or piracy.
VPN prevents your ISP/your nation-state from monitoring and/or tampering with your traffic.
Basically, to acess restricted content and protect my privacy. It seems like VPNs are the best tool and nothing else has come along to fill that gap. Ad you said, Tor, I2P, and self-hosting your VPN would be more securing your network. I don't believe VPNs bans are going to work because everyone uses one or one reason or another, but just in case they somehow go through, I wanted to be prepared. Also, just genuinely curious as well.