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Bicurico:
I use VPN to access my private network from the outside.
What is wrong with that?
I doubt they can make laws banning that.
I understand you guys are talking about paid VPN services to obscure your identity and/or country. Again I doubt you can make that illegal.
Ranayna:

--- Quote from: Bicurico on October 20, 2023, 07:36:32 am ---I use VPN to access my private network from the outside.
What is wrong with that?
I doubt they can make laws banning that.
I understand you guys are talking about paid VPN services to obscure your identity and/or country. Again I doubt you can make that illegal.

--- End quote ---
In quite a few countries VPNs are already decacto illegal. And they are trying their best to actually block them.
And do you think a government that bans VPN cares if you cannot access your home network anymore?

Of course there will always be holes. Even China's "Great Firewall" has holes. But if you use these, you should be very careful to avoid any suspicion, otherwise, should you or your equipment be checked, you are in trouble.
Bicurico:
My private home network is used for work, too, and my requirements to access it are beyond hobby scope. My IT use is a blur when it comes to distinguishing private from professional use.

VPN is integral part of Windows 1x and in the EU it is nowadays, in the Post-COVID, perfectly common do work in home office. How are you supposed to log into your company network if not by VPN?

Anyway, never heard of VPN being made illegal or banned.

As mentioned, it is supported by Windows, most consumer grade routers, etc.
Bicurico:
Found this article about the legality of VPN's:

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/are-vpns-legal/

I would say only few failed states are prohibiting the use of VPN.

And even then, I wonder if VPN's inside the country are OK.

The issue with VPN's is that they can be used to obscure the user's identity and/or give access to regional content, which is otherwise inaccessible. This is of course used to download movies not available in your region or to download Torrents, without leaving your IP. I guess the latter is bullshit, as the VPN service providers do keep logs.
tom66:
VPNs are essential for anyone who has to work remotely on their company's network, banning VPNs would be saying for instance, that sales guy in France cannot access the resources on the shared drive in the UK any more.

It's not going to happen in any sensible country.  Even the UK with their stupid campaign against end to end message encryption.  VPNs are great.
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