Italy to require VPN and DNS providers to block pirated content
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So by going harder on blocking content that China? Because that's what they do but most of the big providers get through after a day or two of downtime each time the government make a change to block them.
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Can’t you just vpn to another vpn ?
I’m not an expert on internet security but I do know there is no way in hell to legislate around blocking internet. Even China’s great firewall isn’t working.
I guess by passing legislation like this you get most people to be compliant, but this is about pirates, who were already actively non compliant in the first place.
The folks who pirate the content are literally going to have to click one extra button or something like that to work around the vpns trying to block stuff…
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Australia already has this, but it is extremely easy to circumvent, just use a different VPN.
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It's Italy, there is no chance of that efficiency.
This is - as usual - stuff done to prevent pirated sport content.
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Are there even any decent VPN providers operating in Italy? What is the point of this?
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Better yet, how will they determine what is “pirated content”?
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Don't even have to go that far, just change your DNS to a non-Australian one. Anything that turns up from a "top 10 dns providers" search works.
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I'm sure there will be workarounds.
I think there are plenty of people who would be pirates if it were more convenient, but I suspect the point of diminishing returns for legislation has already been passed. If you're savvy and dedicated enough to use a VPN in the first place, then this probably won't stop you. Non-tech-savvy people are already turned off of torrents for half a dozen different reasons.
DNS, though? That will block a lot of people from accessing things like Z-library, which is currently easy enough to access for anyone who knows how to use Google.
China's measures have been largely successful, unfortunately. It's still possible to VPN out, but it's a risk a lot of people are unwilling to take since it could realistically get them in trouble. I've lost contact with some friends in China because we have no shared platforms and the increasing blocking measures over the past 10 years finally passed their tolerance threshold.
I guess I could figure out how to use iMessage, which AFAIK is the only end-to-end encrypted messaging service that still works (or at least the only moderately popular one). Makes me wonder how secure it really is if China hasn't banned it...
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I think airvpn is based in Italy
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So Italy is going to block all VPNs, then?
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Host a Tor node or bridge right now if it is safe for you))
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What? The link you posted didn't even say that. Just to avoid if your not an advance user. They literally have a page explaining benefits...
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Wow, that's way worse than I imagined. No wonder people watch illegal streams!
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What nonsense. If I want my origin to tor to start with a VPN then I will and I'll be more anonymous because of it.
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Tor essentially
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China is a whole other can of worms. It's not so much the firewall, but the regime.
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They will, at best, mildly inconvenienced the pirates.
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I've been pirating a long time. Not once have I been inconvenienced by any anti-Piracy measure. There's always another way around.
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Can’t you just vpn to another vpn ?
Won't even have to. Just use any VPN provider outside of Italy that doesn't have to comply with Italian law. lol.
