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by yyyk 1286 days ago
>If they wanted to prevent inbound connections then all they would need to do is firewall them.

Note that this already happens to an extent. Some ISPs try to protect their users from UPNP attacks and block certain inbound ports. On the outbound side, many ISPs ban port 25. ISPs could have easily claimed security and limit inbound connections far more - but the reasons for these limits are apparently money+security and not a secret government mandate, so they didn't limit everything.