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Re:Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs–and They Have No Idea What The... by pjc50 on Friday November 14, 2025 @08:19AM (#45926447)
This sort of thing turns up very regularly in US politics, from the Comstock Laws to the Communications Decency Act. The late 90s even had a requirement to use easily breakable encryption (48-bit RSA) which big tech companies generally obeyed. And a worse proposal (the "clipper chip") which was never deployed.

Authoritarianism is not limited by your birthplace, it can turn up anywhere. And when it does people are often really enthusiastic about it.

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Re:Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs–and They Have No Idea What The... by dreamcompiler on Friday November 14, 2025 @11:55AM (#45928754)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip
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Re:Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs–and They Have No Idea What The... by cartoonworld on Saturday November 15, 2025 @03:15AM (#45935868)
Very related:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars

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