@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 12 days agoYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldimagemessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1443
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•11 days agoThe government will snitch on you to who? A foreign government?
minus-square☂️-linkfedilink2•edit-211 days agousually to the copyright holders so they can sue you. or they cut your internet access. i said “some governments” but really i should be saying “ISPs in some countries”. my bad choice of words might have added some confusion.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•11 days agoYeah, ISPs are usually under pressure to obey the copyright holders. But VPNs should always be used.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•11 days agoThat’s the point though, basically no-one used VPNs back in the day. Now its basically required.
The government will snitch on you to who? A foreign government?
usually to the copyright holders so they can sue you. or they cut your internet access.
i said “some governments” but really i should be saying “ISPs in some countries”. my bad choice of words might have added some confusion.
Yeah, ISPs are usually under pressure to obey the copyright holders. But VPNs should always be used.
That’s the point though, basically no-one used VPNs back in the day.
Now its basically required.