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The Supreme Court Is About to Hear a Case That Could Rewrite Internet Access (slate.com)
submitted 2 days ago by RegularJoe@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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"Imagine losing internet access because someone in your household downloaded pirated music."

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 121 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Wanna push everyone to the dark web? This is how you do it. People will just become obsessed with covering their tracks. You'll have to rip open countless companies and organizations to get this to work. Fuck 'em. Prying eyes can eat shit and die.

[–] hogmomma@lemmy.world 65 points 2 days ago (7 children)

You might be exaggerating people's technical knowledge, desire to increase their technical knowledge, and / or their desire to effect change.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

TOR is easy enough to set up that if you know how to install a program on your computer and run it, you're good to go. It's not the ideal way to run TOR, and is still somewhat insecure, but can be done in a few clicks.

Back in the early 00's, the amount of people learning how to download pirated music safely, arrange and burn a CD with it skyrocketed. Fast forward a few years and people with no real computer skills were learning how to rip and burn DVDs.

I wouldn't underestimate the potential of people with motivation to circumvent an oppressive system.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Most people won't run an ad blocker.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Most people don't know extensions exist. Because they don't care and have never been shown.

Pissing someone off is a strong motivator for them to start searching though.

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