I don't really fear a non-open internet. VPNs are already usable by any motivated main-stream desktop user ... an effectively free an open internet is going to be accessible by motivated individuals, period.
This makes no sense. An ISP could block VPN traffic... and there are millions of people with access to only a single ISP.
I guess if "motivated individuals" means they have to uproot their lives and move to another part of the country to get a decent ISP.. then sure, I agree. I guess we all have plenty of choices then.
> This makes no sense. An ISP could block VPN traffic... and there are millions of people with access to only a single ISP.
How? They could block access to a specific IP, which might be a VPN server, but they have no way of differentiating encrypted vpn traffic from encrypted anything traffic.
And what requires them to permit encrypted anything traffic? ISPs get away with unjustified port blocking all the time, and with deep packet inspection to throttle traffic they don't approve of.
This makes no sense. An ISP could block VPN traffic... and there are millions of people with access to only a single ISP.
I guess if "motivated individuals" means they have to uproot their lives and move to another part of the country to get a decent ISP.. then sure, I agree. I guess we all have plenty of choices then.