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They just make it a law and use it against people at will. They make it the ISPs responsibility for blocking and tracking access. They ban vpn software and all the corporate OS makers obey.
You’re right in a way, how do they really have a 100% block? It’s not possible. But they can scare 90% of users away.
Again, how do you track a connection to a data center? VPN software is freely available on GitHub. Are you blocking GitHub too?
Even China can't do it fully
Again, if vpns are banned, and vpn software is banned, all US companies will have to abide or die. GitHub is American. Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc. Windows, macOS, Android, could all be forced to report. The year of the Linux desktop!!
Your ISP knows where you go. They just pull the plug on IPs they know are VPNs.
No, nobody cares about Canadian law
How do you know an IP is a VPN? I can change the address of my VPS at any time
Pornhub might care about Canadian law, seeing as they’re a Canadian company
They will comply, but the users won't. Pornhub can't tell you're using a VPN
Jfc. If you’re running your own vpn then you’re fine. Unless your host is in the States, and then installing it would be a violation. Detecting the presence of vpn software on a vps would be cake.
Would they do it? Probably not.
It’s less about would it and more about could it. I think it would be hilarious to watch any government spend time on this instead of… actual shit.
It's a Canadian law, wouldn't affect America. America banning VPNs would be much more dire
Also having a VPN in the country where pornhub is banned would be pointless for the purpose of going to pornhub
Right, Canada. I mean Canada.
That's not feasible. A lot of companies have VPNs to protect their own networks. This increased with work from home during the pandemic. There are too many domino effects.
With SSH and an AWS instance, I can create my own VPN. It's not that hard with a bit of Linux experience. Canada would be about as successful at this as the US was at keeping PGP away from foreign exports.
Government can do whatever it wants.
Not really. The definition of failed state is when people openly ignore the government.
What is it called when the government openly ignores itself?