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VPN only with ID check in UK? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 month ago (3 children) 
ssh -D 1337 anywhere@elseinthe.world

is this a VPN?

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oi, you got a loicense for that session?

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago

The law applies to providers, not to users iirc

Good luck suing German tor exit nodes. Or the tor project, which is used by the intelligence agencies in the UK and backed-up by the US military

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

a-yup

so is tor, i2p, snowflake

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Performance wise it isn't going to be great. I'm not sure about censorship resistance.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

really? i use it all the time and i find the latency just fine