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What's something people should buy today instead of tomorrow? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by bleustenns@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Anybody know of anything else that would be quite wise to purchase sooner than later, due to potential (or incoming) regulation that would be regarded as privacy-infringing to enforce? I was thinking about this because I've been pondering a high-quality 3D printer purchase for this reason.

Advice for varying levels of budget would be quite nice, too; I partially intend on this being a post people may want to revisit.

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[–] Stolas@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Interesting. What would you recommend though, and how would you recommend searching for these services?

Just on the off chance that north america could become like the aforementioned countries.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 1 points 13 hours ago

You can self host xray or sing-box server (which implement many of the protocols) on a cheap vps. A lot of documentation is not great and is either in Chinese or Russian but it's doable. There are also paid services offering vless with various degrees of reliability and sketchiness.

Of course the real challenge when living in an authoritarian country is how to pay for it. I.e.you need to buy a vps abroad. I guess it will be easier in USA then in countries under sanctions or with internal restrictions where people generally can't use Visa or PayPal.

[–] bleustenns@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I'm actually wondering the same thing. I had the thought of buying a ridiculous amount of VPN time quite some time ago but ultimately decided against it for the reasons listed.