[AccessD] Law of Unintended Consequences

[Stuart McLachlan]

VPNs do have actual value for corporate WANs and for bypassing restrictive/oppressive  
regimes.

But as is common with technology , they've subsequently  been heavily hyped by 
organisations who are just out to make more money from internet users whether they need 
the service or not, 

-- 
Stuart

On 25 Jan 2024 at 15:55, Paul Wolstenholme wrote:

> VPN used to just be a protocol to give remote workers access to a
> corporate LAN (I.E. a Virtual Private Network).  That was useful but
> the need for more security seems to have put it increasingly out of
> favour. In the meantime products named after the VPN protocol are
> being pushed for other reasons, perhaps just to legitimise its use to
> obfuscate the location of the user.
> 
> If I wanted to download movies not yet released in my country or porn
> or software restricted for export to my country or to communicate
> seditious messages without the authorities finding me - then modern
> VPN tools would be useful to me.
> 
> Hiding in order to break the rules isn't me.  I believe our world
> functions better when we respect each other's rules.
> 
> Paul Wolstenholme
> 
> 
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 14:40, John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Likewise.  I am never blocked of course but I just don't see the
> > point.  I have tunnel bear installed and have played with it but
> > why?  It is a solution to a problem I don't feel.
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 8:33PM Stuart McLachlan
> > <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:
> >
> > > FWIW, I very rarelu use one.
> > > The only time is when a website geoblocks PNG IP addresses
> > > (not common but it happens at times)
> > >
> > > On 24 Jan 2024 at 16:42, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> > >
> > > > So I fired up this VPN to satisfy my curiosity about them. But I
> > > > don't know that I have a problem that the VPN is solving. Unless
> > > > someone has a real compelling reason to use it, I'll probably
> > > > turn it off.
> > > >
> > > > r
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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