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post 1679838953 03-29-2023, 04:57 PM
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VPN Users Risk 20-Year Jail Sentences in the US Under New RESTRICT Act

A bill dubbed the ‘RESTRICT’ act that was submitted to Congress could have severe consequences for virtual private network (VPN) users in the United States.

U.S. lawmakers are widening their sights when it comes to cracking down on finance and technology.

The bipartisan “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT)” act was unveiled in early March.

It was initially dubbed the “TikTok Ban Bill,” but has far wider ramifications. Furthermore, VPN users could face hefty fines or jail sentences under the bill.

People often legitimately use VPN (virtual private network) services to add an extra layer of security for web communications. Furthermore, they allow users to mask or change their internet address. This is often required to access content that may otherwise be blocked or censored.

The bill, if passed, would attempt to identify “information and communications technology products and services holdings that pose undue or unacceptable risks.”

This could include VPNs if they are used to access banned websites such as TikTok.

The bill specifically directs the Secretary of Commerce to “identify, deter, disrupt, prevent, prohibit, investigate, or otherwise mitigate” national security risks associated with technology linked to countries adversarial to the U.S.

The bill also has a long list of communications technologies it intends to scrutinize. These include web hosting, cloud services, content delivery services, drones, payment applications, gaming applications, artificial intelligence, and e-commerce.

The scary part is the potential punishment for violators. This includes fines of up to a million dollars or 20 years in jail, or both.
https://beincrypto.com/vpn-users-ris...-restrict-act/
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post 1679839403 03-29-2023, 05:06 PM
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If tik tok is a banned application and you use a VPN to use it for your incel needs then you deserve a harsh punishment, Id prefer public whipping to be honest.
post 1679840203 03-29-2023, 05:23 PM
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post 1679840933 03-29-2023, 05:39 PM
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Jokes aside, this isn't going to just be used to block you from accessing tik tok.

https://docs.reclaimthenet.org/BILLS-118s686is.pdf
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Miscers are idiots.

20 years in jail and 200k fine because you used a VPN to access news from "banned" countries.

China is on that list btw.

Yes **** ONLY watch US news so we can continue to indoctrinate you.
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post 1679843803 03-29-2023, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted By lasher⏩
Jokes aside, this isn't going to just be used to block you from accessing tik tok.

https://docs.reclaimthenet.org/BILLS-118s686is.pdf
Of course. Basically any cancelled website or source would be put on that list
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post 1679846023 03-29-2023, 07:12 PM
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I guess Netflix, Youtube have deeper pockets to bribe congress than does Nord VPN and tik tok.

The tik tok ban is probably because Google and META want to be the only ones allowed to spy on you and sell your data. Because seriously, how is China having the browsing habits of some retarded teenagers a threat to national security? I mean Google is just going to sell it to China anyway.

I get the influence argument as a threat, but again, is tik tok any more of a dangerous influence than Youtube can be?
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Originally Posted By SmithMachineGuy⏩
I guess Netflix, Youtube have deeper pockets to bribe congress than does Nord VPN and tik tok.

The tik tok ban is probably because Google and META want to be the only ones allowed to spy on you and sell your data. Because seriously, how is China having the browsing habits of some retarded teenagers a threat to national security? I mean Google is just going to sell it to China anyway.

I get the influence argument as a threat, but again, is tik tok any more of a dangerous influence than Youtube can be?
Nothing wrong with banning CCP crap like Tiktok. But Congress is stuffing the bill with BS that has nothing to do with it like always
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This could include VPNs if they are used to access banned websites such as TikTok.
This is like saying they are trying to ban people from driving cars....

"Could" and "if" have meaning, you know.

Chit thread title, OP.. and chit reading from most replies this in this thread. Did anyone actually read more than the OP's title?
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if you dummies actually do a 5 second google search, youll realize this is a bull**** story
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Originally Posted By TaeBoNinja⏩
Of course. Basically any cancelled website or source would be put on that list
Insert every center/right leaning one.
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Originally Posted By TaeBoNinja⏩
Nothing wrong with banning CCP crap like Tiktok. But Congress is stuffing the bill with BS that has nothing to do with it like always
Agreed. All they had to do was ban a single app, but wound up creating another Trojan Horse bill that could bring the whole country down because politicians across the aisle are greedy, power hungry, myopic, and totally oblivious as to how technology works.
Originally Posted By JUSA⏩
This is like saying they are trying to ban people from driving cars....

"Could" and "if" have meaning, you know.

Chit thread title, OP.. and chit reading from most replies this in this thread. Did anyone actually read more than the OP's title?
The caveat is what theycouldinclude as banned applications or websites.

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normal people: "we are going to ban TikTok"

bans Tiktok




Fed Government: "we are going to ban TikTok"

TikTok still exists, the US citizen will be monitored 24/7 over all aspects of life... Fines & jail for misinformation
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Originally Posted By Bushmaster⏩
Uh oh... Bad news for wincel.
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Originally Posted By TaeBoNinja⏩
Nothing wrong with banning CCP crap like Tiktok. But Congress is stuffing the bill with BS that has nothing to do with it like always
Of course. Evil people can't focus on one thing, they add all sorts of unrelated things in there too so there is no such thing as privacy. I wonder how they can know I'm use a VPN, since that's part of the point of them. I used to use VPN but stopped for awhile. On a somewhat related note after I stopped using a VPN I got a letter from AT&T warning me for downloading an episode of 'Better Call Saul' from a popular torrent site. No doubt the feds are intent on fining people for torrents if this becomes law. Squeeze that money out of people. I hope the people warning about this are exaggerating. More than likely the wording is very vague so it's one of those things where the feds could go after us, but are unlikely to do so.
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Originally Posted By JUSA⏩
This is like saying they are trying to ban people from driving cars....

"Could" and "if" have meaning, you know.

Chit thread title, OP.. and chit reading from most replies this in this thread. Did anyone actually read more than the OP's title?
You do realize that tiktok isn't going to be the only thing on that list and it's gonna become a hot mess really quickly with corrupt politicians banning more and more chit.
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why are we all so excited about banning stuff all of a sudden? we're not north korea or china the last time i checked.

is tik tok accessing data that other apps like fb and ig are not? aren't there platform rules from apple and google that they have to adhere to? if not, let google and apple ban them. this chit shouldn't come from the govt.
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Originally Posted By menseks⏩
why are we all so excited about banning stuff all of a sudden? we're not north korea or china the last time i checked.

is tik tok accessing data that other apps like fb and ig are not? aren't there platform rules from apple and google that they have to adhere to? if not, let google and apple ban them. this chit shouldn't come from the govt.
its not just a product or service and it not even American... its an active program by the Chinese government aimed at American data logging and surveillance

its def not the same
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Originally Posted By menseks⏩
why are we all so excited about banning stuff all of a sudden? we're not north korea or china the last time i checked.

is tik tok accessing data that other apps like fb and ig are not? aren't there platform rules from apple and google that they have to adhere to? if not, let google and apple ban them. this chit shouldn't come from the govt.
Apple is in bed with China more than any other US company. Fact.
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