Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldimagemessage-square121linkfedilinkarrow-up1438arrow-down19
arrow-up1429arrow-down1imageYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square121linkfedilink
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 day agomany governments will snitch on you if they find you doing it. some countries need a vpn to hide yourself now. and some other smaller bullshit.
minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThe government will snitch on you to who? A foreign government?
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-222 hours agousually to the copyright holders so they can sue you. or they cut your internet access. i said “some governments” but really i should be saying “ISPs in some countries”. my bad choice of words might have added some confusion.
minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoYeah, ISPs are usually under pressure to obey the copyright holders. But VPNs should always be used.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoThat’s the point though, basically no-one used VPNs back in the day. Now its basically required.
In what way?
many governments will snitch on you if they find you doing it. some countries need a vpn to hide yourself now. and some other smaller bullshit.
The government will snitch on you to who? A foreign government?
usually to the copyright holders so they can sue you. or they cut your internet access.
i said “some governments” but really i should be saying “ISPs in some countries”. my bad choice of words might have added some confusion.
Yeah, ISPs are usually under pressure to obey the copyright holders. But VPNs should always be used.
That’s the point though, basically no-one used VPNs back in the day.
Now its basically required.