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		dragonwriter on March 29, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: VPNs Are Absolutely a Solution to a Policy Problem VPNs do that so long as ISPs don't inhibit, block, deprioritize, or charge extra for traffic that isn't over known protocols that they can mine for salable data; which, given that the same political actors that oppose the FCCs Privacy Report and Order also oppose the Open Internet Report and Order that prohibits that action means that VPNs may not long be an effective mitigation of the policy problem, because of an intimately linked policy problem.

narrowrail on March 29, 2017 [–]

All corporate mobile work forces rely on VPNs, so it may be a solution to get a business account?

platz on March 29, 2017 | [–]

you can achieve anything if you're willing to pay for it; still doesn't solve the broader issue here.

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