First post, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman
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It's official, Widodo's administration, through the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (also known as KOMINFO), has blocked Steam. I have confirmed it myself.
Negative content that violates Indonesian law?
Websites like Steam are blocked because they haven't registered for a new set of licensing rules. Problem is, according to the new rules, government authorities can force platforms to disclose certain user data and take down content deemed unlawful or "disturbs public order". "Disturbs public order" is a vague definision, making the new rules vague law. In developed countries, vague laws are unenforceable due to vagueness doctrine. But in third world countries --mine included-- vague laws are tools for the authority to supress dissent.
At first, the rules targeted social media platform like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. It doesn't surprise me, since most dissents against the government come from social media platforms. For example, during 2019 Presidential election, the government took an oppressive approach on the people who protested against alleged electoral fraud, and it was social media users who protested against such heavy-handedness, as welll as broadcasting videos of related incidents (mainstream media version like this one is heavily censored though). Nonetheless, Facebook and Instagram eventually yielded to the new rules, and registered accordingly.
Me, I'm generally apolitical, an introvert who lives in my own world of retro computer games, sci-fi, superhero comics, and audio gears. But now the administration starts blocking PayPal for not registering with the new rules, then it starts affecting me directly.
So, the question is, what is the safest VPN for PayPal?
I've been using the free version of Turbo VPN since 2019, especially since WhatsApp and many other social media platforms were mysteriously inaccessible during the later part of the protest against the alleged electoral fraud (no, I don't have Facebook, Twitter, nor Instagram, but I always need WhatsApp to communicate with clients and employees). However, I have never used VPN for services that require username, password, and credit card number. I'm quite concerned about shady VPN services who intercept my login data and sell it to hackers.
What is the safest VPN for payment services like PayPal? What would you recommend?
Never thought this thread would be that long, but now, for something different.....
Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman.
