tux0r

Noch dreieinhalb Monate, schätze ich, bis die linkste, sozialste Bundesregierung der Menschheitsgeschichte vorschlägt, Arbeitslose für’s Militär zwangszurekrutieren. Die sind ja nicht nützlich.

• I am denied read-only access to some websites because I use a VPN. This makes no sense at all, but it happens anyway.
• I am not allowed to register in some forums because I use a VPN. Because everyone knows that anyone who uses a VPN is a serious criminal. There is no other option.
• I am subsequently banned from forums because the moderators realise that my IP address is not unique because I use a VPN. My posts don't matter at all, IP addresses obviously unambiguously identify every person on this planet.
• I'm supposed to confirm that I'm not a robot because I use a VPN. The fact that the company asking for these confirmations (usually Google) is itself sending robots marauding through the internet doesn't matter, because Google is Google and I'm just a bloke with a VPN.

Guys, a VPN is self-defence. A website banning VPNs is like a brothel banning condoms. I mean, of course the house rules apply, but I'd like to see a bit more judgement. What's happening right now is ridiculous and hardly does justice to the security aspect of these "tests". If you find yourself as a contributor to this list, I urge you to stop. I am not a bad guy. All I do is use a VPN.

Thank you.

Ich finde es überhaupt nicht bedenklich, dass die SPD will, dass die Rechtsextremen im EU-Parlament - demnächst wohl noch mehr davon - eine eigene Atombombe bekommen...

Sarkasmus beiseite: Gib deinem Freund niemals die Mittel, von denen du nicht willst, dass dein Feind sie benutzt. Aber was weiß ich schon.