As an anecdotal data point, the only effect this has had is teaching random 14 year olds how to use ordinary consumer grade VPNs, which work just fine.

Or, perhaps some kid watched that and said "Oh that's cool, I want to know more about how that works!" , and planted a seed for a future career. 

(More likely they went back to Fortnite videos, but one can dream, right?) 

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 6:21 PM Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke@gmail.com> wrote:
If one follows the social media accounts of the Pakistan version of the FCC, nowadays they're just banning anything they find insulting or illegal in the local legal system, and ordering ISPs to null route big chunks of IP space.

As an anecdotal data point, the only effect this has had is teaching random 14 year olds how to use ordinary consumer grade VPNs, which work just fine.

https://www.pta.gov.pk/en



On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 9:52 AM Jay R. Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
Sam 'Half As Interesting' Denby actually did a surprisingly good job explaining
this for the average only-vaguely-technical viewer...

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9gnRs33NOk

[ For all the bad dad jokes he tells on HAI, he's got really good research
  skills/staff, and his long-form stuff on Wendover Productions is excellent ]


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