Next up will be a VPN ban.
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@paul @rastilin @Greylinux @jonah don't forget that if you go to court, they don't need to be right, they just need to bury you in paperwork and legal fees until you give up or become impoverished and destroyed.
@PedroLeal_ @rastilin @Greylinux @jonah
"What you in for?"
"Trying to bypass age verification on a website advertising alcohol by using socks proxies via dynamic ssh tunnels to various VPS spotted around europe and the rest of the world. I got caught because I couldn't adequately explain it isn't a VPN. You?" -
RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876
Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think âlol yeah well thatâs not going to stop *me* from using a VPNâ
A VPN ban isnât really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, theyâll use the fact youâre using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any âhard workâ (i.e. an investigatorâs job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.
Donât think you wonât be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.
And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw
#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia
@jonah thia idea is deranged. There is no way on a technical level to differentiate between using a TLS VPN and opening a web site via HTTPS. In fact modern ZTNA solutions offerbweb portals that are actually websites that then given onward access. This us some idiot that has no clue technically, coming up with a knee jerk reaction, that will never ever get through parliament.
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RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876
Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think âlol yeah well thatâs not going to stop *me* from using a VPNâ
A VPN ban isnât really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, theyâll use the fact youâre using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any âhard workâ (i.e. an investigatorâs job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.
Donât think you wonât be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.
And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw
#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia
@jonah what do you think the main objective is in that total control, is it just kind of an experiment? Another reason to fine people or jail them? In America, I think strict laws like this come down to giving banks our real estate in the end.
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RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876
Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think âlol yeah well thatâs not going to stop *me* from using a VPNâ
A VPN ban isnât really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, theyâll use the fact youâre using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any âhard workâ (i.e. an investigatorâs job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.
Donât think you wonât be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.
And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw
#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia
It will also mean you'll only see tech-y people's videos on Pornhub once nobody else will be able to access it
Not sure it's something we want :S
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RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876
Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think âlol yeah well thatâs not going to stop *me* from using a VPNâ
A VPN ban isnât really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, theyâll use the fact youâre using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any âhard workâ (i.e. an investigatorâs job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.
Donât think you wonât be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.
And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw
#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia
I think some are still missing the point. Iâm not saying theyâre going to lock up every single person who uses a VPN or watches porn.
Your governmentâs strategy is to make âcrimesâ like this as common and easy to commit as possible.
This way, if you ever do something completely legal which they *actually* donât like, *which can be completely unrelated to VPNs or bypassing age verification,* they can pull up your internet history and easily prosecute you.
Organize a legitimate protest, and the governmentâs swift response will be to label you a child sex offender because they found you using evil VPN technology.
This is how free speech dies, not from a law that says âfree speech is dead now,â but from draconian, authoritarian laws like this that give the government âplausibleâ reasons to go after anyone, which canât easily be fought against.
This has always been the playbook to target innocents. In the USA, drug possession laws being created as a pretense for cops to raid and dismantle minority communities, for example. And now this is coming to the digital realm.
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@jonah we definitely don't have space to lock anyone up on the pretext they might have committed a crime. But I agree with the sentiment.
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@jonah they don't lock up sex offenders and killers any more so incredibly doubtful. Mahoosive fine more like, which makes zero difference
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@jonah what do you think the main objective is in that total control, is it just kind of an experiment? Another reason to fine people or jail them? In America, I think strict laws like this come down to giving banks our real estate in the end.
@WhoDisturbsMySlumber https://mastodon.neat.computer/@jonah/115973482132687933
Yes that seems plausible
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I think some are still missing the point. Iâm not saying theyâre going to lock up every single person who uses a VPN or watches porn.
Your governmentâs strategy is to make âcrimesâ like this as common and easy to commit as possible.
This way, if you ever do something completely legal which they *actually* donât like, *which can be completely unrelated to VPNs or bypassing age verification,* they can pull up your internet history and easily prosecute you.
Organize a legitimate protest, and the governmentâs swift response will be to label you a child sex offender because they found you using evil VPN technology.
This is how free speech dies, not from a law that says âfree speech is dead now,â but from draconian, authoritarian laws like this that give the government âplausibleâ reasons to go after anyone, which canât easily be fought against.
This has always been the playbook to target innocents. In the USA, drug possession laws being created as a pretense for cops to raid and dismantle minority communities, for example. And now this is coming to the digital realm.
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I think some are still missing the point. Iâm not saying theyâre going to lock up every single person who uses a VPN or watches porn.
Your governmentâs strategy is to make âcrimesâ like this as common and easy to commit as possible.
This way, if you ever do something completely legal which they *actually* donât like, *which can be completely unrelated to VPNs or bypassing age verification,* they can pull up your internet history and easily prosecute you.
Organize a legitimate protest, and the governmentâs swift response will be to label you a child sex offender because they found you using evil VPN technology.
This is how free speech dies, not from a law that says âfree speech is dead now,â but from draconian, authoritarian laws like this that give the government âplausibleâ reasons to go after anyone, which canât easily be fought against.
This has always been the playbook to target innocents. In the USA, drug possession laws being created as a pretense for cops to raid and dismantle minority communities, for example. And now this is coming to the digital realm.
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RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876
Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think âlol yeah well thatâs not going to stop *me* from using a VPNâ
A VPN ban isnât really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, theyâll use the fact youâre using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any âhard workâ (i.e. an investigatorâs job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.
Donât think you wonât be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.
And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw
#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia
@jonah They are doing it for a while over here in West EU this age verification for all people with ID just using the pretext to protect our children to have mass surveillance in place.
Over here it started with ID on sim card on a mobile, medical information and all in the ID card chip (all chips ping to nearest tower then 2 others to triangulate you if must ).
Then the pre paid Master or Visa cards.
Then the AI cameras every where. This Orwellian Dystopia is starting to have a track> France as well and in effect soon as other Nations in the EU.
theguardian.com/world/2026/jan⌠-
I think some are still missing the point. Iâm not saying theyâre going to lock up every single person who uses a VPN or watches porn.
Your governmentâs strategy is to make âcrimesâ like this as common and easy to commit as possible.
This way, if you ever do something completely legal which they *actually* donât like, *which can be completely unrelated to VPNs or bypassing age verification,* they can pull up your internet history and easily prosecute you.
Organize a legitimate protest, and the governmentâs swift response will be to label you a child sex offender because they found you using evil VPN technology.
This is how free speech dies, not from a law that says âfree speech is dead now,â but from draconian, authoritarian laws like this that give the government âplausibleâ reasons to go after anyone, which canât easily be fought against.
This has always been the playbook to target innocents. In the USA, drug possession laws being created as a pretense for cops to raid and dismantle minority communities, for example. And now this is coming to the digital realm.
@jonah Reminds me of how they have been using the war on drugs
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RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876
Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think âlol yeah well thatâs not going to stop *me* from using a VPNâ
A VPN ban isnât really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, theyâll use the fact youâre using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any âhard workâ (i.e. an investigatorâs job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.
Donât think you wonât be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.
And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw
#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia
@jonah sooo...you won't be able to watch the degradation of women....so sad
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RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876
Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think âlol yeah well thatâs not going to stop *me* from using a VPNâ
A VPN ban isnât really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, theyâll use the fact youâre using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any âhard workâ (i.e. an investigatorâs job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.
Donât think you wonât be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.
And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw
#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia
@jonah
The courts will likely take VPN use as a compounding factor that showed clear and intentional acts to subvert justice and break the law.Using a VPN is also detectable, and would be like waving a flag that says, "hey, come check me out"
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