Cloudflare gets involved in the battle against piracy, blocking streaming websites in the UK — and VPNs won't help
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/cloudflare-cracks-down-on-uk-piracy-and-vpn-users-are-getting-caught-in-the-crossfire
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natecox@programming.dev · 76 pts · 1y
unmagical@lemmy.ml · 44 pts · 1y
VPNs will help. The article is only talking about VPN servers based in a location with a geo ban, which, duh. But if you actually use your VPN to be in a different country and not just a different city it'll work fine.
tal@lemmy.today · 29 pts · 1y
Yeah, I'd say that the title here is clickbait. The author is working awfully hard to try to frame the issue in the article in such a way that they can write that title.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
The editorialized title makes it sound like they made a decision and it wasn't because of a court order.
Actual article title: "Cloudflare cracks down on UK piracy – and VPN users are getting caught in the crossfire"
Not much better, but it is better than the OP's title.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y
Usually Cloudflare fights (successfully) against the orders, laying the responsibility with ISPs. This marks a change in corporate policy.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
they don't just whimsically decide on a daily basis whether or not to comply with court orders. something changed legally that caused them to take action.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
That assumes they didn't fight and lose this time.