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[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 45 points 11 months ago (4 children)

No they won’t. Virtually every tech company in the world uses them. If any legislation was proposed then companies from the likes of Google and Microsoft down to hundreds of companies with fewer than 100 employees would all fight it.

[–] extant@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You make it sound like our lawmakers are wise and would make an informed decision and not just write an exception for companies that lobby for exemption.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Easier to make money off them if you don't lobby for an exemption.

[–] IDriveWhileTired@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

You make it sound like our lawmakers are wise and would make an informed decision and not just write an exception for companies that -lobby- pay their greedy asses for said exemption.

There, FTFY.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 15 points 11 months ago

Virtually every tech company in the world uses them

Virtually every company (tech or not) and every government uses a VPN...

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Russia, China and every other authoritarian shithole has made them illegal

[–] cation@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can't say anything about China, but why do you think vpn's are illegal in Russia? Sure, the big vpn companies inside the country might be influenced by the government to limit your access to some banned websites. However, you can freely use a vpn if you wish.

Again, I remind you that you could always set up your own vpn server for personal use.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

Only "government approved" VPNs are "legal" in Russia. Guaranteed that none of them bypass country censorship.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I took their comment to mean "companies offering VPN services as a subscription for the purpose of privacy".

It wouldn't be hard to target those companies specifically while leaving every other "legitimate" (in their view) use cases for VPNs alone.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

A lot of people aren't aware that VPNs are used to connect to internal networks, just "it's this thing that I see commercials about that says it protects my privacy and allows me to access content not available in my country". Hell, if you asked them what VPN stood for 90% of them would be like 🤷‍♂️

I work in IT and can tell you that most people have zero clue about technology, even the things they use every day.