How would Brazil’s police be able to tell if someone is using a VPN to access Twitter/X?

Question

I recently saw that in Brazil, people who use VPNs to access X/Twitter after the ban could apparently be fined. I’m no expert whatsoever, but isn’t the whole point of VPNs to encrypt all of your activity? If so, how would the offenders, so to speak, even be caught and fined??

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Answer 1

Generally speaking, don’t overestimate the privacy protection you get from VPN usage. A lot of VPNs comply with subpoenas and court orders, and there may be technical vulnerabilities in some cases.