Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 months agoYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldimagemessage-square123linkfedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down111
arrow-up1436arrow-down1imageYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square123linkfedilink
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months 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-up1·6 months agoThe government will snitch on you to who? A foreign government?
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-26 months 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-up4·6 months agoYeah, ISPs are usually under pressure to obey the copyright holders. But VPNs should always be used.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThat’s the point though, basically no-one used VPNs back in the day. Now its basically required.
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.