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What would be the best way to capitalize from a personal investment standpoint in what I can only imagine will be massive growth in VPN usage? The EU and UK are

What would be the best way to capitalize from a personal investment standpoint in what I can only imagine will be massive growth in VPN usage? The EU and UK are going to end up cutting off large swaths of the internet from their population but I have no doubt people will still want unfettered internet access. Are there any publicly traded VPN providers?

ceejayoz 8y ago
I'd say your best bet is probably waiting for CloudFlare to IPO. They're teasing a 1.1.1.1 branded VPN just recently.
- malvosenior 8y ago
  Thank you, exactly what I was looking for!
- judge2020 8y ago
  Note that the Cloudflare 1^4 'Warp' VPN won't be a "get around country blocks" VPN.
- Mindwipe 8y ago
  CloudFlare were extremely vague about where the end points of their VPN service would occur though. They said it "wasn't intended for circumventing geofiltering", which is fair enough, but that suggests it would have end points in your own country. In which case it's unlikely to be helpful against the UK's increasingly insane, authoritarian government.
ytNumbers 8y ago
Don't view any such purchase as a long term investment. It probably won't be long before the UK government demands that ISPs block all VPN usage. It looks increasingly likely that many western countries will soon be taking a Chinese-style approach towards the internet. There's always some small benefit to restricting liberty, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
- _Nat_ 8y ago
  > It looks increasingly likely that many western countries will soon be taking a Chinese-style approach towards the internet. Could you elaborate on why you'd think this? I mean, that's a pretty significant prediction, and if it's about a near-term happening based on current observations, that'd be good information to be aware of.
  - ytNumbers 8y ago
    Predictions are typically made by looking at recent trends and then extrapolating from there. It would take some time, but I could provide you with a bunch of links to reputable news sources on this subject. Instead, to save time, let's go with a one page summary of the new internet censorship that is being proposed (or is already taking place) in some western countries in just the past month: https://www.citizensagainstidiocracy.com/93/internet-censorship-in-australia-and-new-zealand-who-decides https://www.citizensagainstidiocracy.com/93/internet-censors...
JudgeWapner 8y ago
> Are there any publicly traded VPN providers? McAfee bought TunnelBear
- ghostly_s 8y ago
  Sure, but...McAfee.

ceejayoz 8y ago

I'd say your best bet is probably waiting for CloudFlare to IPO. They're teasing a 1.1.1.1 branded VPN just recently.

malvosenior 8y ago
Thank you, exactly what I was looking for!
judge2020 8y ago
Note that the Cloudflare 1^4 'Warp' VPN won't be a "get around country blocks" VPN.
Mindwipe 8y ago
CloudFlare were extremely vague about where the end points of their VPN service would occur though. They said it "wasn't intended for circumventing geofiltering", which is fair enough, but that suggests it would have end points in your own country. In which case it's unlikely to be helpful against the UK's increasingly insane, authoritarian government.

ytNumbers 8y ago

Don't view any such purchase as a long term investment. It probably won't be long before the UK government demands that ISPs block all VPN usage. It looks increasingly likely that many western countries will soon be taking a Chinese-style approach towards the internet. There's always some small benefit to restricting liberty, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

_Nat_ 8y ago
> It looks increasingly likely that many western countries will soon be taking a Chinese-style approach towards the internet. Could you elaborate on why you'd think this? I mean, that's a pretty significant prediction, and if it's about a near-term happening based on current observations, that'd be good information to be aware of.
- ytNumbers 8y ago
  Predictions are typically made by looking at recent trends and then extrapolating from there. It would take some time, but I could provide you with a bunch of links to reputable news sources on this subject. Instead, to save time, let's go with a one page summary of the new internet censorship that is being proposed (or is already taking place) in some western countries in just the past month: https://www.citizensagainstidiocracy.com/93/internet-censorship-in-australia-and-new-zealand-who-decides https://www.citizensagainstidiocracy.com/93/internet-censors...

JudgeWapner 8y ago

> Are there any publicly traded VPN providers? McAfee bought TunnelBear

ghostly_s 8y ago
Sure, but...McAfee.