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  • Fuck'em

    Votes: 115 40.1%
  • Don't ban the Brits; Use at own peril

    Votes: 172 59.9%

  • Total voters
    287
Well, shit.

Any advice for a VPN switch?

Particularly mobile. I'm not a tech savvy person, halp.
 
Well, shit.

Any advice for a VPN switch?

Particularly mobile. I'm not a tech savvy person, halp.
I'm 95% mobile and I've used Private Internet Access for about 6 months and haven't had any issue with it. It's pretty cheap if you buy a year subscription. You'll know if it's working if there's a little key next in the corner of your screen.

It's really easy to use, a simple app and once you copypaste your username and password in it will automatically connect when you start your phone.
 
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I can also vouch for Private Internet Access if you're looking for a VPN, I've been using it for about 6 months and it works great on mobile.

I can vouch for this too. It's pretty good as the consumer level products out there go, and has a pretty user-friendly interface for such products. Also there's an Internet killswitch feature that automatically disables your Internet if for whatever reason the VPN goes down. I'd still test it from time to time with services like whatismyipaddress to make sure it's working.

Also on the few occasions LEAs/litigants have gone after it, they've come back empty-handed.

Also if part of the reason you want a VPN is because of bullshit region-restricted sites that block you because of your country, odds are there's a proxy that will be in the appropriate country.
 
Maybe I'm being optimistic, but I see this as being little more than a flash in the pan. Read the comments on those articles and you'll see a majority consensus view by Brits of this being a pointless waste of time and money. The general consensus seems to be that some people need to grow a thicker skin - quite reasonably.

Of course, it all depends on just how much the Government concerned wants to be seen as doing something noble.
 
Just when I thought the rising hostility and disgust towards the classic act of baiting people into replying to absurd shit for laughs couldn't get more ridiculous, it becomes a designated as a fucking hate crime in a first world country. Considering people with significant influence have twisted the use of the word to literally mean "anyone I don't agree with and/or think is dumber than me", the fallout of this is likely going to be fucking massive.

I'm really hoping this shit never happens here in the USA. I'm extremely fucking thankful it hasn't yet.
Shitty jokes are all I got left to keep me from going nuts.
 
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Conservatives have a long history of wanting to control the internet and will use just about any excuse to do so, including hurt feels and terrorism, but hey we gotta spend that £350m a week on something right?

The British conservative party has a long standing tradition of engaging in draconic leglislation whenever it feels insecure.

Personally I suspect Amber Rudd is just feeling upset after she got Trolled and their's fuck all police left after the cuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5ekl96Z-s4
 
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I've been reading a particular article, it appears the more direct and organised attacks on people are what they will be prosecuting over.

Other than that it is also mentioned that the creators of any derogatory artwork aimed at an individual will be prosecuted.

By technicality I use neither.


Additionally within the first few sentences of an article it says (and I quote):

The director of public prosecutions said it means the CPS would prosecute just as if offences occurred offline.

But she stressed this did not mean prosecutors could "stifle free speech".


So there's some remnants of hope I guess, providing the person has done something shitty or validation can be drawn from the attacks then it falls in a grey area.


Aforementioned article:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-37601431
 
I've been reading a particular article, it appears the more direct and organised attacks on people are what they will be prosecuting over.

Other than that it is also mentioned that the creators of any derogatory artwork aimed at an individual will be prosecuted.

By technicality I use neither.


Additionally within the first few sentences of an article it says (and I quote):

The director of public prosecutions said it means the CPS would prosecute just as if offences occurred offline.

But she stressed this did not mean prosecutors could "stifle free speech".


So there's some remnants of hope I guess, providing the person has done something shitty or validation can be drawn from the attacks then it falls in a grey area.


Aforementioned article:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-37601431
Eh, I'm only expecting dangerhairs to take this broadly and use it for narrow reasons "those dirty dang facts hurt muh feels!".
 
First they came for the White Supremacists. And I said nothing cause I don’t use storm front.
Next they came after the people who watch “alt-right propaganda,” and I said nothing because I’m already brain washed.
Then they came for the people who under their real dox on Facebook call others mudslimes and niggers. And I said nothing cause Facebook is for lolcows.
Then everybody realized this was a dumb idea, and nobody came after the people here who call welfare leeches that cut their dick off “chemo grandma.”
We don’t promote abusing people and to see what we say, the victim has to come here. Unless this is the start of going full 1984 then I wouldn’t worry.
 
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