General_Effort@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoCopyright Industry Continues Its Efforts To Ban VPNswww.techdirt.comexternal-linkmessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1298arrow-down13
arrow-up1295arrow-down1external-linkCopyright Industry Continues Its Efforts To Ban VPNswww.techdirt.comGeneral_Effort@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square38linkfedilink
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·3 days 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-up27arrow-down1·3 days 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-up2arrow-down3·3 days agoAll you have to do is configure the gateway and client to use port 443.
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoSome of us may lose their basic human rights but that‘s a sacrifice shareholders are willing to make.
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoWell my company officially stop using vpn as of yesterday due to this bullshit. So guess Allstate sees this happening.
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.
Some of us may lose their basic human rights but that‘s a sacrifice shareholders are willing to make.
Well my company officially stop using vpn as of yesterday due to this bullshit. So guess Allstate sees this happening.