It passed 91-3. Our representatives are ignorant dinosaurs who don’t understand the internet or how it works. I already contacted both my senators. I plan to contact my house members before they make this abomination into a law. I encourage everyone to do the same.
They may not know how the interet works but they know exactly how manufactured hysteria works. Whenever the government says “Think of the children”, they’re trying to fool and exploit you. They don’t give a fuck about your children. Your children can’t vote.
When is it next being acted on? I’d like to actually mail a physical letter explaining my concerns. Maybe they’d like it since they’re dinosaurs.
Make sure your router has built-in VPN support folks. That way when some shit like this does eventually pass all your traffic can flow over the VPN for your entire network.
This law seems to be aimed at taking down hosted content though, so you can connect over your VPN but the sites won’t be there to connect to, unless they move their hosting out of the USA. And even that might not be enough to protect US companies from being forced to take the content down if they want to survive.
I’ve had this setup and would recommend but since I’ve switched from OpenVPN to Wiregaurd I’m getting constantly hit by cloud flare verification s and captchas… and my IP hasn’t changed once since. Wondering if that’s just the environment now or specific to my protocol change. Any readers’ experiences?
I have this all the time when I’m on my mullvald vpn. Makes me want to not use it half the time :(
That is the goal, I guess, big tech companies don’t like if one protects their privacy…
Make sure to own your router, I’d say. Set you ISP router to modem mode and use OpnSense on a APU as router where you have full control. You can filter ads with adGuard and you can use wireGuard and openVPN to connect to a VPN provider as well as setting up an endpoint so you can protect yourself even on the go and even on locked up systems like iOS.
Except, Apple does let some of their own packages not go through VPN, which is very shady, tho.
If you’re savy then install open wrt on it. If you want expert mode, then install pfsense on an old PC/laptop. If you want pucker factor, then install pfsense in a VM where the host machine gets it’s ip from the VM.
install pfsense in a VM where the host machine gets it’s ip from the VM.
Why are you like this, and who hurt you??
It’s actually not bad to do it as long as your host machine has a static ip. Makes it easier to take a snapshot before you make major changes. Just be prepared with an extra router. If you have a family the second the Internet is not working you will be blamed.
What’s a good router one can use for openWRT? I just so happen to need a new one. No expert mode for me.
I would just look at routers with the features you want and check to see if it’s compatible.
aghhhhh why cant politics be boring again I just want to exist
The US is a hostile place for online hosting. All small and medium businesses should move their operations out of the US. I did years ago, never looked back. Only the big ones with lobbiests will remain, just as our dear lord and saviour capitalism intended.
Link to the bill here: https://www.congress.gov/amendment/118th-congress/senate-amendment/3021/text
