Killing VPNs can’t happen without seriously centralizing the US internet infrastructure, something Microsoft, Apple and Google aren’t going to be behind.
buuuut on the offchance of “if”, VPNs have various methods of deployment, different ports, protocols, over TOR, backwards(you’re the server now!), and it’s porn. You don’t need to download and run it, just see it. A VNC session would do.
They’ll cave. Silicon Valley, by and large, is all in on fascism or even total collapse of the state - they’re happy with it as long as they think they’ll get a slice of whatever pie is left over. Microsoft and Apple and Google would all be TOTALLY OK with this because now they have an excuse to monitor (and thus monetize) every single computer in the US (and likely every computer they ship to foreign nations). If they don’t play ball, they’ll just get nationalized and then told to do it anyway.
If you have the space I’d just collect a bunch. I agree with you. First it will be porn, then VPNs. We’ll have our own red firewall eventually.
Killing VPNs can’t happen without seriously centralizing the US internet infrastructure, something Microsoft, Apple and Google aren’t going to be behind.
buuuut on the offchance of “if”, VPNs have various methods of deployment, different ports, protocols, over TOR, backwards(you’re the server now!), and it’s porn. You don’t need to download and run it, just see it. A VNC session would do.
I could see them caving much faster than people anticipated.
They’ll cave. Silicon Valley, by and large, is all in on fascism or even total collapse of the state - they’re happy with it as long as they think they’ll get a slice of whatever pie is left over. Microsoft and Apple and Google would all be TOTALLY OK with this because now they have an excuse to monitor (and thus monetize) every single computer in the US (and likely every computer they ship to foreign nations). If they don’t play ball, they’ll just get nationalized and then told to do it anyway.
I imagine there’s also the option for usenet and torrenting.