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  1. European Court of Justice rules VPNs are lawful technical tools, US appeals court upholds Jeff Koons ruling and News Corp countersues Brave for infringement.

    plagiarismtoday.com/2026/07/22

    #Copyright #VPNs #JeffKoons #NewsCorp #Brave

  2. European Court of Justice rules VPNs are lawful technical tools, US appeals court upholds Jeff Koons ruling and News Corp countersues Brave for infringement.

    plagiarismtoday.com/2026/07/22

    #Copyright #VPNs #JeffKoons #NewsCorp #Brave

  3. 🚀 Breaking News: #LG discovers people were using their smart TVs as glorified VPNs! 🖥️ Apparently, TVs should stick to playing #Netflix and not become shadowy network nodes. Who knew turning a TV into an internet traffic highway was a bad idea? 🤯
    krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/lg #SmartTVs #VPNs #InternetTraffic #News #HackerNews #ngated

  4. 🚀 Breaking News: #LG discovers people were using their smart TVs as glorified VPNs! 🖥️ Apparently, TVs should stick to playing #Netflix and not become shadowy network nodes. Who knew turning a TV into an internet traffic highway was a bad idea? 🤯
    krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/lg #SmartTVs #VPNs #InternetTraffic #News #HackerNews #ngated

  5. 🚀 The EU Court declares #VPNs lawful "technical tools" in a ruling that surely had Anne Frank rolling her eyes from beyond. Meanwhile, TechRadar invites you to join their exclusive club of 44,000 insiders for the privilege of witnessing them state the obvious! 🙄✨ #RevolutionaryNews
    techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy- #EUcourt #TechNews #DigitalPrivacy #InsiderClub #HackerNews #ngated

  6. 🚀 The EU Court declares #VPNs lawful "technical tools" in a ruling that surely had Anne Frank rolling her eyes from beyond. Meanwhile, TechRadar invites you to join their exclusive club of 44,000 insiders for the privilege of witnessing them state the obvious! 🙄✨ #RevolutionaryNews
    techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy- #EUcourt #TechNews #DigitalPrivacy #InsiderClub #HackerNews #ngated

  7. Ever feel like online privacy is more than just clicking a button? 🤔 This short dives into why a VPN alone isn't enough – it's about rethinking your whole approach. Brisket and VPNs? Trust me, you'll want to know why. Check it out! 💻 #Cybersecurity #Privacy #VPNs

    youtube.com/watch?v=0ScSF_0YRYQ

  8. The UK won’t restrict #VPNs after all, and its own research is why - thenextweb.com/news/uk-drops-v " The UK has decided not to restrict VPNs to enforce its new teen social-media rules, after its own research found children use them for privacy, not to dodge age checks."

  9. The UK won’t restrict #VPNs after all, and its own research is why - thenextweb.com/news/uk-drops-v " The UK has decided not to restrict VPNs to enforce its new teen social-media rules, after its own research found children use them for privacy, not to dodge age checks."

  10. "Hands off our VPNs, privacy groups tell UK ministers"

    theregister.com/networks/2026/

    "Whether the government is persuaded may depend on whether it views VPNs as a niche loophole used by a small minority of teenagers – as its own research suggests – or as the next obstacle to enforcing its online safety agenda."

    #AgeVerification #privacy #VPN #VPNs #technology #UK #DigitalID

  11. "Hands off our VPNs, privacy groups tell UK ministers"

    theregister.com/networks/2026/

    "Whether the government is persuaded may depend on whether it views VPNs as a niche loophole used by a small minority of teenagers – as its own research suggests – or as the next obstacle to enforcing its online safety agenda."

    #AgeVerification #privacy #VPN #VPNs #technology #UK #DigitalID

  12. #Google opposes #siteblocking in #Europe, arguing it causes significant harm and should not target #DNSresolvers, #VPNs, or #sharedIPs. The company believes #blocking is ineffective, disproportionate, and risks targeting legitimate services. Google emphasises that the real solution to #piracy lies in providing superior #legalalternatives to meet consumer demand. torrentfreak.com/google-oppose #tech #media #news

  13. #Google opposes #siteblocking in #Europe, arguing it causes significant harm and should not target #DNSresolvers, #VPNs, or #sharedIPs. The company believes #blocking is ineffective, disproportionate, and risks targeting legitimate services. Google emphasises that the real solution to #piracy lies in providing superior #legalalternatives to meet consumer demand. torrentfreak.com/google-oppose #tech #media #news

  14. 🎩✨ Oh, look! Another thrilling manifesto on TLS certificates, because who doesn't love a bedtime story about internal services? 🔐💤 The author, obviously a #clickbait connoisseur, promises the secrets to "doing it right" while leading us through a labyrinth of #VPNs and apex domains—spoiler alert: it's as riveting as watching paint dry. 🕵️‍♂️🏰
    tuxnet.dev/posts/tls-for-inter #TLSCertificates #Cybersecurity #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

  15. 🎩✨ Oh, look! Another thrilling manifesto on TLS certificates, because who doesn't love a bedtime story about internal services? 🔐💤 The author, obviously a #clickbait connoisseur, promises the secrets to "doing it right" while leading us through a labyrinth of #VPNs and apex domains—spoiler alert: it's as riveting as watching paint dry. 🕵️‍♂️🏰
    tuxnet.dev/posts/tls-for-inter #TLSCertificates #Cybersecurity #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

  16. Because nothing screams "privacy advocate" like secretly funding the far right 💸🔍. Who knew #VPNs could double as political piggy banks? Just another day in the tech world, where irony is the only constant 🤦‍♂️.
    korben.info/en/mullvad-cofound #privacyadvocate #politicalirony #techworld #fundingfarright #HackerNews #ngated

  17. Because nothing screams "privacy advocate" like secretly funding the far right 💸🔍. Who knew #VPNs could double as political piggy banks? Just another day in the tech world, where irony is the only constant 🤦‍♂️.
    korben.info/en/mullvad-cofound #privacyadvocate #politicalirony #techworld #fundingfarright #HackerNews #ngated

  18. I keep seeing posts of people asking for #VPNs that don't steal their data and support fascism, and I think asking for VPNs is the wrong avenue at this point. We need a different solution.

  19. @Tamtam @JoachimSelliken @mullvadnet @rysiek

    Unless you NEED a VPN, you don't need a #VPN.

    Please.. A VPN does not offer you security unless you own both endpoints and probably does not offer you #privacy even if you do.

    #VPNs have very specific uses for very specific users and you probably don't meet the requirements.

    And it you don't know if you meet the requirements you are gulping snake oil...

  20. I'm reading that ExpressVPN is great. What say you Fediverse?

    #vpn #vpns #expressvpn

  21. I'm reading that ExpressVPN is great. What say you Fediverse?

    #vpn #vpns #expressvpn

  22. Besides, this has very little connections to VPNs.
    Separate the art from the artist.
    Separate the CEO's personal economics and law-proven company policy.

    #MullvadVPN #proton #vpns

  23. Besides, this has very little connections to VPNs.
    Separate the art from the artist.
    Separate the CEO's personal economics and law-proven company policy.

    #MullvadVPN #proton #vpns

  24. Britain, or Russia?

    “I don’t really understand how to regulate VPNs, because it became clear to everyone fairly quickly that this is an extremely complex system and that banning or switching off VPNs is simply impossible” [he said] “If you try to shut everything down, the entire vast internet system could simply be broken. That’s obvious.” … However, [he] remains highly critical of people using the privacy tools to evade…

    …internet censorship

    https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/russian-official-admits-completely-banning-vpns-is-simply-impossible

    #ageVerification #censorship #feed #vpns
  25. Cool! #Mullvad #MullvadVPN joins the fasscist-supporting #VPNs alongside #proton #Protonmail

    mastodon.social/@raphaelrobert

    "In 2026 ÖP party leader Markus Allard sparked controversy on several occasions. In a debate hosted by Studio3 with Liberal member of parliament Martin Melin, Allard asked: "why won't the Liberals push for deporting 100 000 social welfare-Somalis?" and in the same debate said that "Sweden belongs to the Swedes. We have to make sure that we take care of our own damn people and we must deport these damn parasites who sit and live at our expense." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96re

  26. Cool! #Mullvad #MullvadVPN joins the fasscist-supporting #VPNs alongside #proton #Protonmail

    mastodon.social/@raphaelrobert

    "In 2026 ÖP party leader Markus Allard sparked controversy on several occasions. In a debate hosted by Studio3 with Liberal member of parliament Martin Melin, Allard asked: "why won't the Liberals push for deporting 100 000 social welfare-Somalis?" and in the same debate said that "Sweden belongs to the Swedes. We have to make sure that we take care of our own damn people and we must deport these damn parasites who sit and live at our expense." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96re

  27. “The problem is, there's no such thing as "age verification" for the internet. What we call "age verification" is actually mass surveillance, so invasive and pervasive that it makes the ad-tech industry's commercial surveillance look like some kind of cypherpunk darknet pirate utopia:
    (…)
    "Age verification" means that everyone who does anything online will have to submit to fine-grained tracking and recording of all their online activities. This nightmare is the surveillance advertising industry's fondest dream, a world where it's literally illegal to avoid their tracking, all in the name of saving kids…from them!

    So it's not just a weird alliance of anti-Big Tech crusaders and the conspiratorial right that's pushing for age verification – they are unwitting allies of the very tech industry they think they're fighting. Those tech industry insiders are fully aware that an "age verification" mandate is really a way for the government to teach every child how to use a VPN. They're also fully aware that the next move is to ban VPNs:“

    pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/des

    #AgeVerification #Surveillance #Privacy #VPNs #DigitalRights

  28. “The problem is, there's no such thing as "age verification" for the internet. What we call "age verification" is actually mass surveillance, so invasive and pervasive that it makes the ad-tech industry's commercial surveillance look like some kind of cypherpunk darknet pirate utopia:
    (…)
    "Age verification" means that everyone who does anything online will have to submit to fine-grained tracking and recording of all their online activities. This nightmare is the surveillance advertising industry's fondest dream, a world where it's literally illegal to avoid their tracking, all in the name of saving kids…from them!

    So it's not just a weird alliance of anti-Big Tech crusaders and the conspiratorial right that's pushing for age verification – they are unwitting allies of the very tech industry they think they're fighting. Those tech industry insiders are fully aware that an "age verification" mandate is really a way for the government to teach every child how to use a VPN. They're also fully aware that the next move is to ban VPNs:“

    pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/des

    #AgeVerification #Surveillance #Privacy #VPNs #DigitalRights

  29. Ah yes, the UK's latest attempt to "age-gate" the internet: a masterstroke of digital innovation where #VPNs are banished and websites deliver "degraded responses" as a feature, not a bug. 🤦‍♂️ Meanwhile, the government waits impatiently for the tech to catch up with their 1990s-level tech policies. 📉
    birminghammail.co.uk/news/midl #digitalinnovation #agegate #techpolicy #internetregulation #HackerNews #ngated

  30. Ah yes, the UK's latest attempt to "age-gate" the internet: a masterstroke of digital innovation where #VPNs are banished and websites deliver "degraded responses" as a feature, not a bug. 🤦‍♂️ Meanwhile, the government waits impatiently for the tech to catch up with their 1990s-level tech policies. 📉
    birminghammail.co.uk/news/midl #digitalinnovation #agegate #techpolicy #internetregulation #HackerNews #ngated

  31. The only way to create an ironclad age verification system in the UK is extreme digital authoritarianism.

    Restrictions on VPNs are an attack on the open Internet and our ability to be secure online – the antithesis of online safety.

    Read our briefing ➡️ openrightsgroup.org/publicatio

    #ProtectVPNs #vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

  32. VPNs can help protect children's security online too. They aren’t just used to avoid content blocks.

    Restrictions will deter people from using a core cybersecurity tool and create greater risks.

    Privacy is online safety ✊️

    Sign the petition to #ProtectVPNs in the UK ➡️ action.openrightsgroup.org/tel

    #vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

  33. Aside from restrictions, it's been suggested that sites should detect VPN use and bounce users into age verification.

    This would be technically flawed, privacy-invasive and would exclude lawful Internet users because VPN traffic can look identical to ordinary encrypted web traffic.

    Read our briefing ➡️ openrightsgroup.org/publicatio

    #ProtectVPNs #vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

  34. Aside from restrictions, it's been suggested that sites should detect VPN use and bounce users into age verification.

    This would be technically flawed, privacy-invasive and would exclude lawful Internet users because VPN traffic can look identical to ordinary encrypted web traffic.

    Read our briefing ➡️ openrightsgroup.org/publicatio

    #ProtectVPNs #vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

  35. VPNs can help protect children's security online too. They aren’t just used to avoid content blocks.

    Restrictions will deter people from using a core cybersecurity tool and create greater risks.

    Privacy is online safety ✊️

    Sign the petition to #ProtectVPNs in the UK ➡️ action.openrightsgroup.org/tel

    #vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

  36. Treating VPNs as a 'problem' is foolish.

    They help parents manage online risks, support secure remote working, protect people in abusive situations, and provide a lifeline to people in repressive States.

    UK MPs themselves use them!

    Attacking VPNs throws the baby out with the bath water.

    Read our briefing ➡️ openrightsgroup.org/publicatio

    #ProtectVPNs #vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

  37. The UK government could announce restrictions on VPNs next month.

    This would threaten our privacy and security.

    VPNs keep young people safe from harassment. Businesses secure. Journalists, activists and whistleblowers protected.

    Here's why we must #ProtectVPNs 🧵

    Sign the petition if you agree ⬇️

    action.openrightsgroup.org/tel

    #vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol