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by RobotToaster 120 days ago
Doesn't have to be a different dimension, international waters or space would do.
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All this, and no mention of Sealand [0]? An unrecognized micronation in (formerly) international waters, with a hosting company (back then) that allowed almost everything, and its own coup and counter attack by the "legitimate" royals (and then Germany having to negotiate POW release of the coup organizer).

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand

Both those places are heavily government controlled.

In fact international waters if you're not flagged and registered to a specific country, then it's open season for anyone to board and seize you.

Which is something the US has demonstrated so clearly recently.
This shows that if you want real freedom on the high seas, you need a submarine. Captain Nemo had the right idea.
Can tap directly into the undersea cables too!
I'm so mad that the bitcoin bro cruise ship never set sail. We missed out on some exciting drama.
Aside from the counterpoints made by the other responders, this still won't work: you need a physical connection to those servers, and you can't just WiFi to servers thousands of kilometers away. So the servers need to be in another dimension, so you can access them without government interference.