Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

A classic move by authoritarian tyrants, suppress the spread of information, outlaw the free exchange of ideas.

This is why Tor and other privacy preserving technology is so important. People's lives and wellbeing depend on them. We must not forget there are people in this world who are being harassed, tortured, and killed because they dare to question their government, dare to criticize their leaders, dare to think for themselves.

"While the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power." -V for Vendetta

The paranoia is starting to ramp up, now with drones and missiles hitting inside Russia.

My guess is they will crack down hard on anyone trying to talk about the actual reality of what's going on vs the party line.

Lmao Russia moment.

Man, this makes me rethink my whole idea of online anonymity.

There's a lot of reasons why requiring identity verification could be a good thing, but holy shit now I realize how quickly something like that could slip into authoritarianism.

I still think we need a identity verification service for things like online games and social media (to thwart ban evasion), but it has to be something decentralized.

Expect this to come to the EU in a few years.