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cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/59424100

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for an end to widespread anonymity on the internet, saying users should post under their real names.

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

UK: hey, could people who use VPNs please tell us who they are exactly so we know they're not circumventing this other law? ... No? Because excellent reasons? ... Oh...

Merz: vee don't like not knowing ze name of ze person who is calling us 1 Pimmel. it is vital vee know vat everybody is doing at all times on zis new sing, zis new land vee haff just discovered. because reasons.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Then don't be 1 Pimmel, du Mikropimmel.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

Ze German nation can no longer afford zis Lifestyle-Nichtpimmeling. Everybody vill need to pimmel 120 hours a week at least and until age 85 if vee vant to preserve our prosperity.

[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Some governments (like Russia) have deployed behaviour (i.e. not just DPI) based VPN detection which reliably kills VPN sessions, however these are wrapped. I am currently not aware of a way to circumvent this. Presumably, this will require camouflaging as a user browser session.