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Germany's Merz calls for real names on the internet
(dpa-international.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026
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UK: hey, could people who use VPNs please tell us who they are exactly so we know they're not circumventing this other law? ... No? Because excellent reasons? ... Oh...
Merz: vee don't like not knowing ze name of ze person who is calling us 1 Pimmel. it is vital vee know vat everybody is doing at all times on zis new sing, zis new land vee haff just discovered. because reasons.
Some governments (like Russia) have deployed behaviour (i.e. not just DPI) based VPN detection which reliably kills VPN sessions, however these are wrapped. I am currently not aware of a way to circumvent this. Presumably, this will require camouflaging as a user browser session.
Then don't be 1 Pimmel, du Mikropimmel.
Ze German nation can no longer afford zis Lifestyle-Nichtpimmeling. Everybody vill need to pimmel 120 hours a week at least and until age 85 if vee vant to preserve our prosperity.