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Time to be criminals in the eyes of the law. Young people will just use a VPN anyway.
When privacy is criminal, only criminals will have privacy.
The worst part is they will use "free" VPN apps. You think botnets are bad now? Wait till a billion kids install these apps on their phones.
They're 100% going to come for VPNs as well.
Apple is already locked down. Googles already inching at locking down Android phones and governments seem primed to facilitate that. Clamping down on VPNs can be a driver for that. Being way more restrictive on routers too like the US and it's foreign router bans
Even Windows is KYC'd by default as consumer Windows generally requires an MS account now and setting up an MS account requires your DOB and may some day even require a face scan or your ID, and in addition there's been active attempts to restrict Linux and BSD although the two laws of which I speak in Cali and Colorado ultimately exempted FOSS from their scope, and as for the Fediverse, the FBI raided a Mastodon server a while back so even that isn't entirely safe, and Windows 365 is facilitating thin clients connected to rented servers, plus the ability to build a PC is actively being pushed out of reach of everyone who isn't rich.
It's literal insanity how many people can't see a consumer VPN ban as the logical next step. I swear most of the population have the critical thought of an NPC.
It is true, but you don't necessarily have to be a dick about it. The real question is, now, do we declare the internet dead? Are there alternatives? Are there ways to push back? It seems to be a worldwide move, so we're all in the hole.
VPNs are next on the chopping block.
Corporations and the government will still be allowed to use them, but they'll outlaw VPNs for average citizens.
They will specifically outlaw privacy protecting VPN services. You will still be able to buy a commercial VPN service, handing over your ID to the VPN company, which will have to track everything its users do for compliance.