Oh, both the Australian and UK governments have thought of that and are looking to ban the use of VPNs (without regard to VPN use in business or government functions of course)
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I'm intrigued as to how some location-specific governments are going to ban something when its whole thing is that it can pretend to be something it isn't to get around location-specific internet regulations.
jul 30, 2025, 7:19 pm • 3 0 • view
That's not the only use of VPNs though. Plenty of enterprise networks use them to allow employees to safely access internal applications.
jul 30, 2025, 7:37 pm • 3 0 • view
Oh sure, I'm not saying there aren't other beneficial and positive uses for the technology as well ... but I'm unclear how they propose to enact such a ban, and whether it will simply be a prohibition on trading that good VPNs will abide by, and will then lead to a rise in less ethical VPNs.
jul 30, 2025, 8:29 pm • 0 0 • view
That would indeed be the most likely outcome
jul 30, 2025, 11:29 pm • 0 0 • view
This is totally fake. There's no proposed ban on VPNs.
jul 31, 2025, 5:11 am • 0 0 • view
When government ministers are clarifying that they have no intention of banning VPNs “at the moment,” as the Minister of Tech did in the UK the other day that means it has 100% been brought up in closed door meetings
aug 1, 2025, 3:51 pm • 0 0 • view
The OP is talking about Australia. It's false to say that banning VPNs has been considered in Australia. Stop the scaremongering.
aug 1, 2025, 7:39 pm • 0 0 • view