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?

  • coconut@programming.dev
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    1 day ago

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

    • Ulrich@feddit.org
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      23 hours ago

      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.

      • Auli@lemmy.ca
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        13 hours ago

        But this has nothing against privacy just piracy.

        • Ulrich@feddit.org
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          12 hours ago

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

      • coconut@programming.dev
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        13 hours ago

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

        • CapitalNumbers@lemm.eeOP
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          1 hour 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