The coffee shop WiFi question doesn’t allow for VPN only, requires to choose an additional option (none of the other are great beyond exclusively using home internet, which I selected this time).
I got fooled by the google alternative letter hostname 😆
I use “virtual” credit cards for these situations (or a gift card I received), but not an available option.
I did this for a while unwillingly because I was in a rough spot and couldn’t pay my phone bill. Even with the ease of getting to wifi in modern times (I would often just go to a restaurant that doesn’t turn off their wifi), it just isn’t worth it and is a massive inconvenience. Not to mention yh3 call quality was often terrible over slow public wifi once I had the VPN going.I am grateful that doing this is fee, however. It was certainly better than nothing.
This would make life very difficult for the vast majority of people. Many 2FA schemes only have SMS available and a SIP/VoIP number sometimes are barred from using them.
It’s an interesting experiment though, so I applaud this person for trying out a way to maximize their personal privacy.
I’ve tried carrying multiple devices but it’s honestly hard to do.
I think the best way to deal with the issue includes education, digital skills, and parental oversight of Internet use including the use of personal filters or blocking tools if desired.
As a someone who works in technology and is a parent to 2 kids < 10, I'm already aware of what a niave statement that is.
I keep my kids' iPad locked down and have a router with some basic parental control features, but as the number devices in our lives that are able to browse the web increases along with the number of wireless networks my kids can connect to, trying to police this myself is futile.
And I'm not even concerned about them occasionally seeing "normal" porn. As a former Reddit user, I've seen some things I wish I hadn't. Things I'm not able to fully process as an adult.
I can handle the conversation about...
"you know how people drive in Fast and Furious isn't how people drive in real life? That's what porn sex is like compared to the sex you are going to have."
I cannot explain some of the darker corners of Reddit.
If you applied Geist's logic to alcohol, it would be up to parents to keep kids from going to liquor stores. Sure I can stop my kids from drinking the alcohol I have in my own home, but I rely on laws to make it very difficult for them to do something as a community we've agreed they aren't mature enough to make good decisions about.
Why can't we apply the same policies on to internet services?
The difference is that the only way of truly verifying if you are an adult on the internet is extremely privacy-invading. It’s not like at the liquor store where a clerk can just look at someone and know that they are too young to be there.
Exactly. Especially since the only way to prove it would be digital, allowing for a digital paper trail to be collected on each person in an area of their lives that is typically very private.
“The U.S. government should not be funding and legitimizing a shady industry whose flagrant violations of Americans’ privacy are not just unethical, but illegal,” Wyden wrote.
Server providers threatening to terminate business with Mullvad because some of its users used port forwarding to host contents that meant legal trouble.
Mullvad chose to terminate support for port forwarding in a transparent way and gave clear dates to prepare. This was done instead of selling off their users or collaborating with whatever legal threats they were facing.
I don’t like it, but at least I understand their business decision. Even if I took my business elsewhere, they have a solid point on transparency.
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