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Another blog, another day. And let's talk about music. So have fun with this reading.
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#ConsumerRights #Digital #Enshitification #Homelab #Jellyfin #MediaServer #Ownership #Piracy #Privacy #Streaming #VPN #SelfHosting
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Do you really 'own' your music? Or you are just another peasant in the online feuds of the megacops?jeferson.me
The Danish government is using the upcoming Christmas break to slip through a public consultation for a draft law that would make it an OFFENCE to use a #VPN to access content that would otherwise not be available in Denmark, or to circumvent the blocking of "illegal" websites. hoeringsportalen.dk/Hearing/De…
This is done under the guise of ensuring a technologically neutral implementation of Directive 98/84 on pay-TV decoders (hint: the IP address is NOT a conditional access device).
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The term ‘other technical solution’ should be understood broadly. The broad wording is intended to ensure that the proposed amendment covers any technical solution used to provide unauthorised access to media content.
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For example, it will also be prohibited to use VPN connections to access media content that would otherwise not be available in Denmark, or to circumvent the blocking of illegal websites.](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/5333132 "English translation of the highlighted part:
The term ‘other technical solution’ should be understood broadly. The broad wording is intended to ensure that the proposed amendment covers any technical solution used to provide unauthorised access to media content.
[..]
For example, it will also be prohibited to use VPN connections to access media content that would otherwise not be available in Denmark, or to circumvent the blocking of illegal websites.")
Høring over forslag til lov om ændring af lov om ophavsret og lov om radio- og fjernsynsvirksomhed m.v. (Ændret proces for prøvelse ved Ophavsretslicensnævnet og teknologineutralt forbud mod online pirateri)
Lovforslaget har til formål at sikre, at sager om rimeligheden af vilkår og fastsættelse af vederlag i licensaftaler behandles af Ophavsretslicensnævnet som primært tvistløsningsorgan.Høringsportalen
As of today: No social media for Australians under 16.
Also as of today: Every Australian under 16 installs a dodgy gratis #VPN that spies on them and sells their digital lives to #adtech sharks.
#SocialMediaBan #DigitalRights #AgeVerification #MinorsProtection
Please, if you are using a free VPN, other than ProtonVPN, stop!!! If you need a VPN then pay for it. And don't pick some cheap one with no reputation either. Pick a reputable one.
They are hugely expensive to run and if they are free, run by some unknown, they are getting their profits in ways you won't like.
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#cybersecurity #VPN #VPNS
Malicious 'Free' VPN Extension with 9 Million Installs Hijacks User Traffic and Steals Browsing Data
A deceptive browser campaign has exposed millions of users to extensive surveillance through seemingly innocent VPN extensions.Tushar Subhra Dutta (CybersecurityNews)
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VPNs face potential bans in the US and beyond — this is not a drill
Parts of the US has been toying with, or outright considering, the idea of restricting or even banning VPN use for certain purposes or even altogetherEkaterina Kachalova (AdGuard)
