UnblockOz: Helps Australians reclaim their unfiltered Internet access

Re:UnblockOz: Helps Australians reclaim their unfiltered Int... by waterhouse23 on Friday January 13, 2017 @02:53AM (#13389162)

Same deal in the UK. I wonder how long until the US goes down the same route.

I'm quite surprised that they've gone down the DNS based filtering route. I'd expect that to change in a few years time.

I recommend investing in a VPN service. They're relatively cheap. And if you pick the right one, the bandwidth is generally pretty good.

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Re:UnblockOz: Helps Australians reclaim their unfiltered Int... by dwightgunning on Friday January 13, 2017 @03:28AM (#13389316)

At some point all the interesting/useful countries to exit the VPN will be censored. Then it's game over.

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Re:UnblockOz: Helps Australians reclaim their unfiltered Int... by toyg on Friday January 13, 2017 @05:28AM (#13389802)

No - then it's a business opportunity for smaller countries, with "looser" copyright rules and enforcement, to build a world-class VPN industry. The Switzerland of VPNs is a historical inevitability: even the rich and powerful need it.

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Re:UnblockOz: Helps Australians reclaim their unfiltered Int... by pbhjpbhj on Friday January 13, 2017 @07:29AM (#13390292)

And then we'll get countries being strong armed by "Western Democracies" to ensure top-flight talent and media execs still get paid 200x what the poor schmucks doing the actual work get paid.

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Re:UnblockOz: Helps Australians reclaim their unfiltered Int... by waterhouse23 on Friday January 13, 2017 @04:18AM (#13389519)

Yes, that's a sad prospect. However, at that point I assume there'll also be no countries to host content in either so VPN would be useless in any case.

I assume at the point Tor's popularity will surge.

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Re:UnblockOz: Helps Australians reclaim their unfiltered Int... by blowski on Friday January 13, 2017 @03:13AM (#13389239)

Ant specific recommendations? I use IP Vanish and I have no performance problems.

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Re:UnblockOz: Helps Australians reclaim their unfiltered Int... by waterhouse23 on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:33AM (#13390030)

I don't have any specific recommendations (though I'm happy with my provider).

What I would say, is go with a provider who accepts bitcoin and doesn't require an email address. Even if you end up paying my card/PayPal, at least you know they have a route to a more anonymous/private service.

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