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        4 days ago

        They’d just carve out an exception for corporations but ban private use.

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            Not if your company has to register the IP address range of the VPN connections they use. ISPs could whitelist registered IP address ranges and block all other known VPN addresses.

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              Cat and mouse. Incoming Delaware LLC registrations for individuals qualifying them for IP whitelists.

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        With the FCC unable to enforce net neutrality, they don’t even have to ban VPNs. Just hide some legislation inside an unrelated bill to give $250M to internet providers on the condition that they throttle VPN connections to 100 Kbps*, which those greedy fucks will happily accept.

        *Likely worded as a stipend to improve the infrastructure, but only as long as the infrastructure is not used to aid terrorism™.