VPN companies are going to be rich. Lets face it: no one is giving ID to play Roblox, and neither will the kids
The last time the Government banned websites in 2018 or whenever it was, they only blocked them via DNS.
To clarify
A commercial VPN (Virtual Private Network) encrypts your internet traffic, making it unreadable to your ISP (Internet Service Provider) and other potential eavesdroppers. This means they can’t see what websites you’re visiting or what data you’re downloading, providing you with greater privacy and security online.
Of course the VPN provider can see what you’re downloading and some will keep logs which is why it’s important to choose one in a country with strong privacy laws and neutrality from Five eyes, Nine eyes and Fourteen eyes which means there is less risk of government surveillance
All ISP will see is the connection to the VPN provider, which in the case of VPNs in Australia might be a VPN hosted by Amazon Web Services or Google (they do this to maintain speed). This means it just looks like any other business connection.
Incase you’re wondering, Chi na blocks VPNs by using techniques such as blocking VPN websites, URL filtering, port blocking, deep packet inspection, and DNS poisoning to prevent users from accessing VPN services. Australia could go down these route, however, it would be politically very unpopular.
9 out of 10 cats recommend NordVPN, Surfshark, or, if budget allows, Mullvad. Other notable options include PIA and ProtonVPN. They suggest avoiding ExpressVPN since it was acquired by Kape in 2021.
I don’t think VPNs will be the mainstream response. The mainstream response will be that kids will find new games and new apps that let them interact with each other and fall under the radar, just as we did at school when all the obvious game websites were blocked by the school. Random obscure sites that allow social interaction will become the new Facebook for Australian kids, and then that’ll get shut down and the kids will go somewhere else.
Considering they have already banned access to vaping websites I dont think its too much of a stretch for this gov to try and ban the use of VPN’s also
Vpn companies are going to be rich off people who don’t know anything bout vpns and the internet
I mean yesnt unless they restrict it
That and/or a revival in porn mags/DVDs.
Need to find somewhere to hide them from the Mrs
Yeah, I’ve never considered VPN stuff. I thought that was just for tinfoils
This is why the current government Digital ID initiative is great.
I know, as soon as you hear “Government” and “Digital ID” your hackles go to Def Con 1
But if you take a minute to understand what they’re doing, it *helps* maintain your privacy. *They already have your ID*, and negate the need to give it to every Tom, Dick and Roblox
https://www.finance.gov.au/about-us/news/2024/digital-id-bill-passes-parliament
I know, I’m going to be downvoted 1 million times in this Sub for trying bringing this up
Yeah, I had someone the other day very confused I could still access torrent sites. I was simply using Tor and it was like I was some kind of sorcerer.
‘Australia could go down that route but it would be politically very unpopular’
The draconian internet laws haven’t been particularly unpopular, why would this be? They’ll just talk about the evils of pornography and then pass a law banning the vpns and our population will cheer.
Chi na blocks VPNs by using techniques such as blocking VPN websites, URL filtering, port blocking, deep packet inspection, and DNS poisoning to prevent users from accessing VPN services.
They don’t try that hard. VPN’s are easily used in China.
Can’t see them blocking VPNs in Australia - many business with sensitive client information use them to enable their staff to remote connect.
A good explanation. Usually you want to avoid using a VPN server within the same country if you’re seeking privacy.
The irony of VPN’s is that you don’t know who is behind them, if they sell your logs, if they are a honeypot. I would never do banking on a VPN.
Im glad I chose NordVPN since about 10 years ago. Could see they would be reliable as fuck. I usually tunnel to Japan/Romania for the download speeds.
Knowing these countries and Australia’s we could have a decent network here but no the govs looooove to fuck around with our investments.
Mullvad is the bomb. I don’t have it currently, but I subbed for a few months last year and it was awesome. Very fast.
Proton is very good, and has 3 free servers that have some restrictions (eg. can’t torrent).
I’ve heard from multiple sources that Nord keeps logs.
It’s for accessing the internet with a different IP address or to have a secure remote connection to a specific network. It’s for everybody who needs those 2 use cases, which is almost every business, so the majority of users really.
Facebook currently can’t link from my virtual online identity to my real life identity.
With these changes the government can link my online comments to my real identity.
How can you claim that is a better outcome for my privacy?
According to who?
Storing all your personal identification in one location, a location that has previously had multiple data breaches, is the absolute worst possible cyber security decision you could make. The best security is no security; legislation should aim to minimise or ban data collection altogether.
There is a reason warrants exist, and it’s because the government doesn’t have every detail about you. To simply concede and say “ah well they have it anyways” is more a poor reflection on how the government views you, someone not worthy of privacy.