#vpn software

[satlun]

Guys, please suggest me some good + free VPN applications on mobile (IOS) please. 🙏

[logan-galbraith]

can I ask what text in the RESTRICT act you are reading as criminalizing the use of VPNs? I am seeing this repeatedly and on reading the bill, I don't understand the logic of how VPNs would be effected, or any software not developed in a country outside of the list mentioned in the bill, or how these penalties would apply to most civilians. for example, proton is Swiss-based. wouldn't the US need to name Switzerland as a hostile foreign power to outlaw their VPN? how would an individual user utilizing a VPN to access software developed in say, Venezuela, be in violation of the act, based on its wording and likely legal interpretation? I only see information relevant to financial transactions, and any fine would be based on the value of said transaction?

obviously broad expansions of national security legislation with the intent to choke out foreign competitors are bad! and also, I just do not understand where this claim is coming from. this interpretation seems to state that "transaction" means viewing a site, and using a VPN is "abetting a transaction" and this seems... unlikely.

You're right about the foreign country part, where it wouldn't be considered if it were from a country not listed as hostile. I'll admit that I missed that one in my readings until someone else pointed it out.

I do want to be clear and say that I'm not a professional at this, this was all from my readings of the bill as well as some more research and seeing viewpoints of others, many of which ARE professionals, so I'm actually glad you're doing your own research on it. And I want to encourage you to continue doing so.

But as for the VPN issue, it comes down to section 11, subsection 2-F.

No person may engage in any transaction or take any other action with intent to evade the provisions of this Act, or any regulation, order, direction, mitigation measure, prohibition, or other authorization or directive issued thereunder.

Keywords "any other action". Basically VPNs would fall under that as it could be used to circumvent any bans of foreign services of companies based in the mentioned hostile countries. From my understanding, it would be less likely - to use your example - if you used it to access an online service based in Venezuela that wasn't available in the US as Venezuela isn't listed as hostile.

But then that's where the whole accessing your personal data comes into play. If the Secretary of Commerce and their team were to conduct an audit, you could be chosen at random. And if you use a VPN, they may decide to look closer at you to ensure you're not using it to access a banned service.

The reason VPNs are being discussed is because most people that bring it up are speaking in terms of using it to access tiktok if it were banned, or to access anything else that could be banned under this bill. THAT is where the problem with VPNs lie and why many people are warning others not to use them for this reason, due to the hefty penalties attached. VPNs themselves aren't targeted to be banned, just their use to access services that are.

A big part of it also comes down to discretion as well. If they so wished, if this bill were to pass, they could even push further to create another bill or expand this one to find a way to ban VPNs themselves, though that is less likely.

As of writing all this, the bill has only been introduced. It hasn't even passed the senate, so it's only in it's first stages. It could easily change as time goes on, or it could even fail to pass with or without American's intervention. It's all still very early, which is why we're all pushing so hard to stop it while we still can so that it doesn't escalate even further beyond what this bill proposes.

[melikefish]

I work in cyber security. While I agree that getting a VPN is a good idea, most people have misconceptions about it. I am here to dumb down as much as I can how a VPN works and undo some of the misconceptions.

The way your internet works usually is “Device —> Modem —> ISP —> Servers of the place you are trying to reach”. Now, your Device sends a request which is then enhanced by your modem and sent off to your ISP.

Basically, your computer makes & packs the package and adds the sender info (local ip, mac adress, etc) and the recepient info (the server where the request needs to be delivered to). Your modem then adds some other sender info such as your IP and then send it off to the ISP. Your ISP will then keep a copy of the package (request) and send the original to the recipient server. Now, if the tech team of the company did not fuck up and used https, the contents of the package itself should be encrypted, meaning that the ISP can’t see what you see, can’t see the password that you typed in, etc. and the package should be figuratively closed. They should only be able to see the sender and recipient information alongside all the other identifying info. Now, if the tech tram *did* fuck up and used http, your ISP can see the contents of the website you are visiting, can see the password that you entered, etc. and the package is figuratively left open and anyone can look in and see you know, the password you entered and stuff.

Now also, there could be someone in between your devices and your modem like this “Device —> Middle Man —> Modem —> ISP —> Servers of the place you are trying to reach”, the middle man will be able to read the same info as the ISP but that’s besides the point right now.

What a VPN does is, that it encrypts the request and puts it into a different request that is headed to the VPN’s servers. The request’s pathway will look something like this “Device (encrypted by a VPN) —> Modem —> ISP —> Servers of VPN (here the request is decrypted) —> Servers of the place you are trying to reach“. Using figuratively language, the VPN put your package inside another box, another package which is closed. So no-one can see the recipient & sender information of the original package, and if the original package was open no-one can see what is inside of that package. So the outer box/package now heads to the VPN’s servers, and once it arrives there, the VPN’s servers will unpack the outer box/package and send the original package to the original recipient

Now let’s point out some key points.

1. The VPN essentially becomes your ISP, it can read the request as if the encryption never existed.

2. By this complicated process, the IP from which you are sending the request changes to the IP of the VPN’s server.

3. Your ISP CAN NOT read your requests most of the time even without a VPN. If your browser has a lock icon next to the search bar, your requests are already encrypted, the website is using https, and the box is closed.

4. The only thing a VPN does, is make it seem like your requests are coming from a different IP, hides the original recipient info from your ISP & Man in the Middle attacks, hides the original sender information from the recipient server, and encrypts the contents… again. NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS. If a VPN does something more (such as ad-blocking) they will advertise it separately, it is not a thing that comes by default.

Wrote this at 1AM on my phone in bed as a non-native English speaker. Sorry fir the bad grammar.

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