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The world has a poor history on banning the application of math.

• sillysaurusx 5y ago
  laughs in Mandarin Well, I shouldn’t do that. Suffice to say, it’s simply a fact that China bans VPNs, and pretty much everyone goes along with it. People fear jail. It’s hard (but not impossible) to imagine Europe and the US doing that. NordVPN is practically a household name, at least on YouTube.
  • jaimex2 5y ago
    President Pooh bans VPNs but pretty much everyone uses them and jumps over the great wall. People just have a 'compliance' phone when authorities ask to rummage through it.
    • LaerkeFuglesang 5y ago
      > People just have a 'compliance' phone when authorities ask to rummage through it. Does this ever work? Depending on the jurisdiction, law enforcement authorities can easily get a warrant to enter your home and search through everything to ensure that they find all of your devices.
    • razius 5y ago
      That's why the global digital id is important, you won't be able to access the internet unless you are authenticated.
  • csomar 5y ago
    VPNs are not illegal in China and are part of doing business/daily life. China is authoritarian, but at least smart. They understand that the great firewall can reduce the free flow of information to a respectable degree and thus they implemented it. They also understand that going after VPNs is futile with the current technology.