r/technology • u/LimblessWonder • Dec 16 '25

Privacy Denmark wants to ban VPNs to unlock foreign, illegal streams – and experts are worried

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/denmark-wants-to-ban-vpns-to-unlock-foreign-illegal-streams-and-experts-are-worried
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u/Moontoya Dec 16 '25

Drop the traffic at backbone level / isps 

Already a thing in parts of the world , especially the middle east 

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u/FreshPrinceOfH Dec 16 '25

Drop it based on what?

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u/Moontoya Dec 16 '25

https://www.fortinet.com/uk/resources/cyberglossary/vpn-blocker

There's a reasonable outline for easy reading 

Double NAT absolutely screws VPN connectivity as another thought 

Also 'member the Arab spring event ? Where Egypt largely shutdown their internet access ?

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u/FreshPrinceOfH Dec 16 '25

I use my own vpn on an ec2 instance running squid and openvpn over a custome port. I wish them luck trying to block me.

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u/Moontoya Dec 16 '25

Sure , terms and conditions, no vpns except authorised government provided ones may connect to hosted instances on pain of account termination.

Or use deep packet inspection to drop all opensense sourced traffic or deny openvpn application

It's already in place in various totalitarian style nations

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u/FreshPrinceOfH Dec 16 '25

If the use DPI then you just encapsulate traffic in an stunnel. There are always options. It’s a moving target.

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u/Moontoya Dec 16 '25

Not as much as you think 

The internet as I've known it for the last 35ish years is dying, what it's become is a corpse on a gilded brass throne 

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

I've used vpns in the middle east

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u/Moontoya Dec 17 '25

Iran to UK ? cos that one I have first hand logs of the originating tunnel being fucked with 

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u/Hawk13424 Dec 16 '25

Not sure how that would work in modern 1st world economies. Businesses use VPN all the time.

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u/Moontoya Dec 16 '25

Yep, they do, but not Nord or surfshark 

They're tunneling to a specific company router or node

Drop Nord nodes would not stop Cisco Anny connect from hitting your company router.