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Censorship resistant in the same sense that bittorrent is, with no single centralized server or domain registration to target.
by fc417fc802 2mo ago
Censorship resistant in the same sense that bittorrent is, with no single centralized server or domain registration to target.
- inigyou 2mo agoBut bittorrent has been successfully censored. People are afraid to run it because they know their ISP will forward them demand letters.
- fc417fc802 2mo agoThat's not what we were talking about here. But as long as we're on this tangent I hardly think using a VPN constitutes a high bar to clear. There are still plenty of jurisdictions remaining in the world that in practice don't care to enforce copyright law against individuals (or sometimes at all).
- inigyou 2mo agoMost western governments are currently in the process of making anonymous VPNs illegal.
- fc417fc802 2mo agoEvidence? But also, so what? By definition the VPN will be exiting in a country tolerant of the conduct in question. It's also possible to purchase from an operation headquartered there, or even to directly purchase a VPS.