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   Walter van Holst (whvholst@eupolicy.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 22:02:27 JST Walter van Holst

   Am seeing ProtonVPN mentioned to circumvent certain regional bans on certain platforms. Do know that their CEO is aligned with the incoming US regime and that this may not work for platforms disliked by said incoming US regime. See https://archive.ph/McxeT

   As far as VPNs go, I would go for MullvadVPN, but in general VPNs fundamentally are a band-aid with their own risks attached.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 22:03:05 JST Rich Felker

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     @whvholst You can always purchase VPS service and run your own VPN. Much better price & privacy.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 20-Jan-2025 00:01:36 JST Rich Felker

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     • Jesper Lund

     @je5perl @whvholst It also works for making a new account. Maybe you can even import your exported data...? Probably not but you can manually refollow & rebuild.

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     Jesper Lund (je5perl@eupolicy.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Jan-2025 00:01:37 JST Jesper Lund

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     @whvholst a VPN would work for accessing TikTok videos in a web browser without logging in (depending on what precisely is blocked by TikTok and its US CDNs today).

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     Walter van Holst (whvholst@eupolicy.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Jan-2025 00:01:38 JST Walter van Holst

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     • Jesper Lund

     @je5perl Yes, it was about Tiktok. So the recommendation for using VPNs is even more useless than I already thought.

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     Jesper Lund (je5perl@eupolicy.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Jan-2025 00:01:40 JST Jesper Lund

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     @whvholst If "certain platforms" means TikTok, I am seeing posts mentioning that a VPN does not circumvent the blocking for US TikTok accounts (TikTok blocking the user access, not the ISPs which are not covered by the US law). This makes sense because US users get special treatment of having their personal data stored in the US (Oracle cloud), and the US law applies to hosting services as well as app stores.