European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private communication

Re:European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private... by sillysaurusx on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:48PM (#27754795)

laughs in Mandarin

Well, I shouldn’t do that. Suffice to say, it’s simply a fact that China bans VPNs, and pretty much everyone goes along with it. People fear jail.

It’s hard (but not impossible) to imagine Europe and the US doing that. NordVPN is practically a household name, at least on YouTube.

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Re:European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private... by jaimex2 on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @09:51PM (#27756510)

President Pooh bans VPNs but pretty much everyone uses them and jumps over the great wall.

People just have a 'compliance' phone when authorities ask to rummage through it.

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Re:European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private... by LaerkeFuglesang on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @06:57AM (#27759588)

> People just have a 'compliance' phone when authorities ask to rummage through it.

Does this ever work? Depending on the jurisdiction, law enforcement authorities can easily get a warrant to enter your home and search through everything to ensure that they find all of your devices.

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Re:European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private... by csomar on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @06:08AM (#27759357)

VPNs are not illegal in China and are part of doing business/daily life. China is authoritarian, but at least smart. They understand that the great firewall can reduce the free flow of information to a respectable degree and thus they implemented it. They also understand that going after VPNs is futile with the current technology.

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