General_Effort@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoCopyright Industry Continues Its Efforts To Ban VPNswww.techdirt.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down12
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minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·8 hours agoIf they succeed in banning vpn, then millions of people won’t be able to do their jobs. Because tons of companies use it.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 hours agoThey’ll carve out a business exception. Only licensed users will be allowed to use VPNs. Everyone else is a second class citizen. Which won’t be broadly enforceable, but it’ll fuck with people enough.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoAll you have to do is configure the gateway and client to use port 443.
If they succeed in banning vpn, then millions of people won’t be able to do their jobs. Because tons of companies use it.
They’ll carve out a business exception. Only licensed users will be allowed to use VPNs. Everyone else is a second class citizen.
Which won’t be broadly enforceable, but it’ll fuck with people enough.
All you have to do is configure the gateway and client to use port 443.