Re: Vpn
Hi
It is not fearmongering, it is a simple fact of life.
It is targeted, much like stop and search for knives.
You will not get stop and search on the way into a WI Meeting in a Rural Village.
You will get it late at night in an Inner City Area with a known history.
It is not just Terrorists who use VPNs, it is also Criminals, People Traffickers, Drugs, Paedophiles.
You will therefore be targeted.
The Security Services could not give a damn about you downloading or streaming, water off a Ducks Back.
They could also not give a damn about you arranging a 3some with the local vicars wife.
They are looking for threats, simple as, patterns, links to certain known people, sites and groups.
Is the Technology open to abuse?
It most certainly is, used by certain Governments to suppress free speech and dissent.
I can only speak for here in the UK.
We have RIPA, seriously tightened up, and yes, the system was abused before it was.
I am cool about the checks and balances we have here.
They are far stricter than they used to be.
I used to be able to sign my own RIPAs, when I was working.
Now long gone.
I recognise that it is a topic for discussion on the rights and wrongs of the system.
I do not use a VPN and I stream F1.
Your Security Services could not be bothered about that at all.
I am an Ex Employee, so everything I view and post on line is viewed.
I have a very boring life, so nobody is interested at all.
It just sails through the filters.