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Seems that the Swiss legislature may pass a law requiring ProtonVPN to start banning certain domains from being access by French users (mostly illegal sports streaming sites)

For those using ProtonVPN, is the writing on the wall?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Would they really though? Being in Switzerland is a huge part of their brand and marketing.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The only reason it's part of their branding because Switzerland is notoriously respectful of privacy. If they stop being that then that's no longer a selling point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But this has nothing against privacy just piracy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Privacy is what protects you against criminal charges or being banned by your ISP

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

This is a form of the “Nothing to hide” fallacy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know how to answer that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I believe "notorious" is used in negative contexts, and was curious why Switzerland being respectful of privacy would be a bad thing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

no, that's not what notorious means. It just means a lot of people know about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

From Merriam-Webster:

especially : widely and unfavorably known

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You skipped the first definition.

generally known and talked of

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah. The word really just breaks down to, "having been noticed widely."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You people are going to hate me for thid but it's not a privacy concern if they block piracy domains ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It absolutely is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Cool.

In other news, Swiss law makers claim opening and reading all mail sent to make sure it doesn’t include the phrase “monty bojangles” is “not a privacy concern”

My point is that in order to block a specific domain, you necessarily need to check it against a list of all legitimate domains being accessed