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Dave The Man Scorpio



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 5:02 pm
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Site Blocking stays but VPN'S and Proxies can get around that

https://torrentfreak.com/aussie-site-blocking-imminent-but-three-strikes-abandoned-160218/
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David Libra

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 5:29 pm
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Do you think they'll eventually bring in penalties for using a VPN to access the sites that get banned? It seems pretty inevitable as far as I can see.
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Wokko Pisces

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 5:36 pm
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The point of a VPN is they have no idea what you're doing. People in China use them to get around the 'Great Firewall'.
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David Libra

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:30 pm
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But can't you be tracked if you torrent? That's why TOR, for instance, recommends not using torrent clients.
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Dave The Man Scorpio



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:27 pm
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David wrote:
Do you think they'll eventually bring in penalties for using a VPN to access the sites that get banned? It seems pretty inevitable as far as I can see.


Government would love to have no Encryption but I just can't see them Banning it 100%
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