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Good lesson in the value of being familiar with the local law when you visit places that don't protect basic rights you may take for granted.

mirimir 8y ago
I was going to say something like that, but it seemed too cruel.
- ams6110 8y ago
  I'm not saying she deserved it. Sorry if it sounded dismissive.
  - mirimir 8y ago
    Sorry to sound critical of you. As I said, I almost posted it. There is a lesson here about how essentially innocent people get caught up by draconian and unappealable corporate policies. In this case, about video licensing. And, seriously, there's a whole VPN industry focused on evading geo-restrictive content availability. But being naive, she didn't think enough like a criminal. And used a valuable Microsoft account. And seriously, If she had thought it through, she could have used a different VPN, and a different persona with a throwaway Microsoft account. And her primary account would be fine now. I do try to reach naive people like her. To explain the concept of compartmentalization, and the basics of using virtual machines (VMs) with VPNs and/or Tor. To create unassociated personas. Show them how to play safe. But it's hard. I don't speak Turkish. And I can not move freely in meatspece as Mirimir.
vixen99 8y ago
The 'good lesson' is to play safe and try a virtual tour instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Egypt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Egypt "Most sources agree that Egypt is a gross violator of human rights."
jabberslocku 8y ago
Don't you just love that the feminists and social justice warriors keep quiet when an actual brutal patriarchy like Egypt imprisons a woman for exercising her freedom of speech. Yet, if the mainstream narrative in the West is to be believed... then white guys are oppressive patriarchs. Give me a break. We know the reason women and the media attack white men is that we are the most accommodating and nicest kinds of people around. It's always easy to be outraged and insult those that you know will not fight back. Let us see how the Western media and SJW's jump to denounce Egypt as an evil patriarchy. My bet is they will barely make a peep...

mirimir 8y ago

I was going to say something like that, but it seemed too cruel.

ams6110 8y ago
I'm not saying she deserved it. Sorry if it sounded dismissive.
- mirimir 8y ago
  Sorry to sound critical of you. As I said, I almost posted it. There is a lesson here about how essentially innocent people get caught up by draconian and unappealable corporate policies. In this case, about video licensing. And, seriously, there's a whole VPN industry focused on evading geo-restrictive content availability. But being naive, she didn't think enough like a criminal. And used a valuable Microsoft account. And seriously, If she had thought it through, she could have used a different VPN, and a different persona with a throwaway Microsoft account. And her primary account would be fine now. I do try to reach naive people like her. To explain the concept of compartmentalization, and the basics of using virtual machines (VMs) with VPNs and/or Tor. To create unassociated personas. Show them how to play safe. But it's hard. I don't speak Turkish. And I can not move freely in meatspece as Mirimir.

vixen99 8y ago

The 'good lesson' is to play safe and try a virtual tour instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Egypt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Egypt "Most sources agree that Egypt is a gross violator of human rights."

jabberslocku 8y ago

Don't you just love that the feminists and social justice warriors keep quiet when an actual brutal patriarchy like Egypt imprisons a woman for exercising her freedom of speech. Yet, if the mainstream narrative in the West is to be believed... then white guys are oppressive patriarchs. Give me a break. We know the reason women and the media attack white men is that we are the most accommodating and nicest kinds of people around. It's always easy to be outraged and insult those that you know will not fight back. Let us see how the Western media and SJW's jump to denounce Egypt as an evil patriarchy. My bet is they will barely make a peep...