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RANT: I hate the fact that my ISP can restrict access to certain sites (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ad_on_is@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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How can it possibly be, that an ISP, which I'm paying for gets to decid, which sites I'm allowed to have access to, and which not?

All the torrenting sites are restricted. I know, I can use VPN, and such... but I want to do it because of my privacy concerns and not because of some higher-up decided to bend over for the lobbying industry.

While on the other hand, if there's a data breach of a legit big-corp website (looking at you FB), I'm still able to access it, they get fined with a fraction of their revenue, and I'm still left empty-handed. What a hipocracy!!

What comes next? Are they gonna restrict me from using lemmy too, bc some lobbyist doesn't like the fact that it's a decentralized system which they have no control over?

Rant, over!

I didn't even know that my router was using my ISPs DNS, and that I can just ditch it, even though I'm running AdGuard (selfhosted)

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[–] Alby003@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

Use vpn

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well you can buy a car but the gov't will still make you drive on the correct side of the road.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Counter rant: This is why we built encryption and VPNs many years ago. This is a solved problem, but rather than solving it you'd rather just complain ineffectually about it. The solution, the product of years of work of technical people and privacy people, is sitting right there staring you in the face available for you to use as a free service, a paid service, or your own self-hosted service. Use a VPN, that's what it's for.

[–] neutron@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 year ago

There are many ways to solve this problem, with different degrees of acceptance: legally (arguing for personal freedom granted by basic laws, depends on jurisdiction), or technologically (tools to evade or deceive censorship techniques, could require technical knowledge for proper use).

We have the tools, but legal grounds can also play a greater role (e.g. declaring vpn/tor illegal causes a chilling effect for potential beneficiaries).

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[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Torrent sites aren't blocked in my country but some pr0n sites are.

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've got AdGuard home and everything works. Switching to ISP DNS and Thepiratebay.com doesn't work.

[–] pipe01@lemmy.pipe01.net 1 points 1 year ago

https://github.com/xvzc/SpoofDPI

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

calyx true unlimited hotspot prob will fix

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