Meanwhile, VPN use is skyrocketing as is use of Tor and the dark web.

Ylpertnodi · 2025-07-31T19:08:09 1753988889

Ban vpn use. It's on the cards.

int_19h · 2025-07-31T20:27:43 1753993663

Good luck enforcing that. VPN protocols have already been honed in the process of evading Chinese, Russian, and Iranian blocks. V2Ray, Trojan etc.

_ncyj · 2025-07-31T23:23:51 1754004231

I can envision whitelist-only ISPs that block any traffic to unvetted domains and IPs. Hopefully we still have some time left before total dictatorship

int_19h · 2025-08-01T00:34:02 1754008442

As far as I know, what you describe exists today only in North Korea. Which is to say, this is not very likely. Thing is, a "great firewall" with some packet inspection thrown in to cut off the common VPN protocols deters 90% of the population, and that is generally "good enough" for authoritarians.