# Is discussion of VPN's banned on the SDMB?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-discussion-of-vpns-banned-on-the-sdmb/823631
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**Created:** [October 28, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-discussion-of-vpns-banned-on-the-sdmb/823631 "2018-10-28T14:32:30Z")
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### Author: ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-discussion-of-vpns-banned-on-the-sdmb/823631/67 "2018-10-31T17:26:52Z")

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Just so we’re all on the same page here, in the thread that spawned all of this, the VERY FIRST REPLY contained this:

> [@Interested to hear opinions about various VPNs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-to-hear-opinions-about-various-vpns/823303/2):
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> … They have servers all over the world and I am definitely piratical and nefarious and shit but do not get takedown notices from my ISP so long as I use some fairly stiff encryption protocols. …

I’ll pass something around the mod loop regarding explicitly calling out VPN discussion restrictions in the rules so that there will be less confusion regarding this in the future.

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