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The Motion Picture Association will work with Congress to start blocking piracy sites in the US (www.engadget.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Or that will be their first target

[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I2P stumbles out of bar drunk, my timesss has come!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Is it possible to access clearnet sites on I2P? (I haven't used it before but I have heard of it.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Theoretically possible but definitely not built for it.

Tor serves the clear net access problem.

I2P because of its design is a lot better suited for p2p file transfers, while maintaining anonymity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yes, check out outproxies

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not an easy target, since the technology/protocol is integral to many large businesses' infosec operations.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

You don't have to ban VPNs. Just force everyone doing business in the US to keep logs and to comply with blocking websites via federal law (that will be dictated by the MPAA)

Boom. VPNs "banned"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Just use a foreign VPN (basically all trustworthy, privacy-focused VPN providers are located outside the US, e.g. Mullvad in Sweden, IVPN in Gibraltar or Proton VPN in Switzerland) and connect to an exit server outside the US

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean, that's not out of the realm of possibility of things going down that way, but good luck getting that passed and then enforcing that, especially internationally.

Also, I have to wonder if there's an argument to be made about undue burden. But NAL, so dunno.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well...any VPN provider that won't comply would be blocked from doing business in the US.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Which you can bypass… with a vpn. Self fulfilling market offer.