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Re:U.S. bans WeChat, TikTok, citing national security reasons by Shared404 on Friday September 18, 2020 @11:56PM (#24524873)
At least one good thing can come out of this mess.

That being said, many do have a basic understanding already, mostly from things like evading content filters on school wifi.

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Re:U.S. bans WeChat, TikTok, citing national security reasons by dzhiurgis on Saturday September 19, 2020 @12:02AM (#24524919)
How is trusting random VPN in Cayman Islands a good thing?
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Re:U.S. bans WeChat, TikTok, citing national security reasons by ngcc_hk on Saturday September 19, 2020 @12:14AM (#24524984)
And side loading by a normal users for a chinese app. Good luck.
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Re:U.S. bans WeChat, TikTok, citing national security reasons by nine_k on Saturday September 19, 2020 @01:44AM (#24525436)
A one-click VPN on your own VPC is a thing with many cloud providers, like DO. Just choose a datacenter outside the US.
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Re:U.S. bans WeChat, TikTok, citing national security reasons by Shared404 on Saturday September 19, 2020 @12:25AM (#24525049)
Everyone has to start somewhere. That's where I got mine.

Edit: But yes, obviously it is not a good thing in the short term.

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