Greenpepper@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoPutin Outlaws Anonymity: Identity Verification For Online Services, VPN Bypass Advice a Crime * TorrentFreaktorrentfreak.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarech1cken@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoWell… this is a bit clickbaity, vpn’s are not outlawed as the article states, but using them to do illegal things as you can imagine is obviously illegal. Shocking, i know. So I’m not really sure why “vpn bypass advice a crime” is in the headlines.
minus-squarecwagner@lemmy.cwagner.melinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoAdvicing people to use VPN or alternate DNS servers to circumvent censorship is commonplace in many countries. Shockingly not a crime in those places.
Well… this is a bit clickbaity, vpn’s are not outlawed as the article states, but using them to do illegal things as you can imagine is obviously illegal. Shocking, i know. So I’m not really sure why “vpn bypass advice a crime” is in the headlines.
Advicing people to use VPN or alternate DNS servers to circumvent censorship is commonplace in many countries. Shockingly not a crime in those places.