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RE: 9.9.9.9 - Internet Speed Boost - Boost Internet speed and unblock all blocked sites
I would love anything that will boost internet speed because who does not want faster connection? However, I do not agree to the idea of unlocking every locked websites. That is the same as opening a can of worms.
There is a reason why some sites are blocked, mainly for security reasons. Unblocking these websites is the same as overriding the security measurement which puts the whole connection at risk.
Actually there are many sites which are blocked by government just because they disagree with them.
Approve or don't approve of adult sites but should any government have the right to outlaw them de facto and impose that telcos block them?
What if we are talking about sites like YouTube and Imgur? Because they are regularly blocked, turkey being one of the nations which block them. In the UK torrent sites are blocked. Which means that it is more expensive for open source platforms like Ubuntu to offer downloads of their operating systems.
Now if you agree with blocking sites... what if the governments decide to block newssites they disapprove of?
I actually did not think about government legislated blocking. I was just thinking about companies blocking sites from their employees. Government control is a different matter but I still do not agree to any security bypassing tool that will circumvent any control in place. It is as clear as breaking a rule regardless if we think the rule is crooked. That is something that people has to bow into unless they are autonomous on their own.
That is probably because you live in a country where such things don't happen.
Many internet blocks in the world are authoritarian measures rather than security measures.
BTW Tim Berners-Lee agrees with VPNs which unblock.
PS: you do know that "unblocking sites" happens just by using a different origin IP, which is what VPNs do.
So if tomorrow Turkey decides to once again arbitrarily block YouTube, as it has done twice already, VPN users in Turkey can still access it just by setting US as their country of choice in the VPN.
Then they get access to all sites and content not blocked in the US. Then, did you know that there was a time when US users couldn't see the Rick roll video on YouTube because Sony had decided it wanted YouTube to pay more for that video because the whole internet was rickrolling everyone and the video was so darn popular in the US. But everyone else could watch it. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Geotardation is still an issue btw. A lot of music on YouTube isn't available locally because the labels and YouTube be haven't found an agreement yet for premium artists.
Lastly, obviously, is the fact of tracking. Doesn't even need to be by a government agency, just advertising and telcos can track everything already. A secure encrypted VPN does away with that.
Have you ever heard of TOR? The Onion Router. Did you know it was developed by US Army?
Yes, I got your point. I understand it can be very frustrating sometimes but I would still not commend a bypassing product like this being featured in a hunt site like Steemhunt. Anyone who wants to go through something like this can just play discreetly and not be blunt about it by again, posting on a product hunt website.
It's a VPN, it doesn't do anything to "bypass" which involves hacking or anything malicious.
It merely shows the site as if you visited the site from another country. That's all. No hacks or anything.
Not sure why Steemhunt shouldn't feature products which aren't illegal, widespread, endorsed by for example Edward Snowden, and approved by the man who designed the internet himself Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He who still fights for the open internet today and fights also for net neutrality.
I think the term "bypass" may have made you think these VPNs actually do something but they just tell the site you visit the site from another nation. And suddenly you get different ads (or none), and you get access to the site. Opera (for desktop) even has VPN built-in.
BTW you do realize that we are discussing this on an immutable, censor-proof blockchain, right? There's a certain degree of irony to this comments thread.
You have your opinion, I have mine. I can debate with you for as long as I want but what's the point? Opinions are opinions. And we are not in the same situation so I rest my case.
Nice chat by the way.
I will defend the internet to stay open. I'm in no case whatsoever, it's a position. That isn't the internet I want and it isn't the internet you should be satisfied with.
The day you, or any of yours peers, are affected by it being at the whims of... or telcos win against net neutrality, you will remember this comment thread and reopen your unilaterally closed case. ☕