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They're going after VPN's now too.
Some random YouTube video? Weak.
Anyone who thinks a government can ban VPNs without destroying economy is deluded. Politicians who say they will don't understand the internet, they're old. Countless businesses use them every day.
Hmmm. China
Isn't a democracy. We're talking about the UK, remember?
What about China? There are VPN in China. They only try to block those that are used to act as if you are not from china.
Company VPN or university VPN are generally allowed.
Yeah so seen in the context of the OP it would be enough
True. That is probably what the UK will settle on too.
No, it won't. The CCP has no competition. The UK is different.
So you can still easily hide your location? If I live in Maine and my IP says California, that's still the same country.
Companies and universities are controlled by China in China. There's no opposition party that will win the next elections based on the bad economy.
Again, this thread is about the UK, which is WHY I'm speaking in terms of Western democracies.
And that's exactly why they will try. Keep in mind their will still be VPN's. You just won't be able to access it. It will only be for governments and the elite.
And exactly why they'll fail. I can guarantee it's already a minority of lawmakers and that number will dwindle when younger members of their staff tell them how stupid it is.
And every business or school of any size is the "elite"?
Anyone who thinks government would never do something as utterly stupid as shooting itself repeatedly in the everything out of spite is deluded. Banning all form of encrypted traffic would be insane. Now tell me, how many insane things have we witnessed in the recent years from our collective governments?
Yeah, that's just kind of unsubstantiated anti-any-government that is not reflective of reality. We can already see the discontent causes by Trump's economy, it's the biggest threat to him.
What does "insane" mean? How is that measured, however you see fit?