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It is very easy to block VPN, Tor and other technologies. These can be in fact criminalised the same way drugs are. Possession of a VPN on your device could giv
by merinowool 8y ago
It is very easy to block VPN, Tor and other technologies. These can be in fact criminalised the same way drugs are. Possession of a VPN on your device could give you a criminal record.
- glorkk 8y agoIt is very easy to make unenforceable laws. Actually blocking VPNs would require something akin to the great firewall of China, which I don't see the EU building in the near future. Criminalizing something means nothing if the laws can't be enforced. Torrenting copyrighted works is a criminal act, and yet torrenting has never been easier after years of efforts to shut it down from all sides.
- merinowool 8y agoThey do worse - instead of just blocking the internet, they'll first inspect what is being uploaded to it.
- VMG 8y agoThis will in turn make encrypted devices, plausible deniability setups and steganography more pervasive. The US lost the crypto wars, EU lost the piracy wars once, and they will lose again.
- merinowool 8y agoIn some countries you can do time for not disclosing passwords. In the UK it is 5 years.
- VMG 8y agoAgain, this is where plausible deniability setups kick in. Of course the EU can go full police state, but at that point I hope the regular citizens pushes back. The goal is to raise the cost of enforcement.
- merinowool 8y agoProblem is that you cannot pretend you can't remember the password. So unless what you hide can give you more time than for not disclosing the password, then yes having things encrypted could help...
- VMG 8y agoYou can have different volumes for different passwords. Plausible deniability.
- merinowool 8y agoThis can be easily checked.