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COUNTRIES THAT BAN OR RESTRICT VPN SERVICES: Iran, Belarus, Iraq, North Korea, Turkmenistan, China, Russia, Egypt, India, Myanmar, Oman… United Kingdom?
This is probably referring to this: https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/gadgets-tech/vpn-ban-uk-b2939311.html
An older post from Mulvad about their issues advertising in the UK: https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk
There are also many criminal uses for hammers. You don’t ban hammers.
Prosecute the crime, don’t ban the tool.
I understand where you’re coming from, but the establishment will use any excuse to ban all forms of privacy on the premise that someone may commit a crime.
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I don’t know man.
Your conept of “the dark web” isnt what you think it is if you think its used for “not much else” than the ‘bad’ things mentioned.
If you use a vpn for any real reason that actually requires one then you’d understand what losing that vpn means. It sounds more like you view it as a commodity and therefore the negatives outweigh the positives, whereas others view it as a necessity for privacy.
Any version of the “i dont have anything to hide” argument is wrong. Including the “other people do bad things so im willing to give up everyone elses privacy for that”.
Banning VPNs has been discussed in parliament, is being consulted on currently, and has not been ruled out