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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[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Where are you from?

[–] Alby003@lemmings.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Use vpn

[–] Revanecd@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 6 months ago

Revanced is a popular tool for modifying apps like YouTube, offering ad-blocking, background play, and premium features for free, catering to users seeking enhanced experiences.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] pipe01@lemmy.pipe01.net 1 points 2 years ago

https://github.com/xvzc/SpoofDPI

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (7 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.

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[–] angrymouse@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

This your ISP or your government? Or your rant is about the feeling?

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

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

[–] _number8_@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

i know america is ass but at least we don't have this here, as far as i can tell

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What's your objective point of measure though

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[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You sure? My first thought was "that must be America". You generally have terrible privacy and consumer protection laws and it's the country with the most interest in enforcing copy right laws.

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[–] lispi314@mastodon.top -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@ad_on_is The problem you're hitting is that the #clearnet / #Internet in general weren't adequately designed to handle malicious #infrastructure operators.

"The 'net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it" was a comment about #Usenet, a #federated / #P2P system with gossiped (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_protocol) message exchange which wasn't particularly picky about its transport layer (indeed you could load a spool on a floppy and mail it), not the internet.

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