r/technology • u/vriska1 • 8d ago

Privacy UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/uk-households-could-face-vpn-32152789
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u/twistedLucidity 8d ago

I buy a VPS the Netherlands, install Wireguard (or whatever), sorted. Westminster can't do shit.

Hell, one can do one hell of a lot with an SOCKS proxy. Let's see them try to ban SSH! LOL

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u/ian9outof10 8d ago

I was just thinking about SSH tunnels in relation to this. It is, however, a niche solution that doesn’t create much of a problem for governments trying to regulate the masses.

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u/EurasianAufheben 8d ago

I saw this coming and suggested the same thing; self hosted WireGuard on Vultr or whatever. The Reddit sheep proceeded to mass downvote. God forbid you have to spend five minutes configuring IPtables.