▲ 547 ▼ UK Official Calls for Age Verification on VPNs to Prevent Porn Loophole (gizmodo.com) submitted 1 year ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 187 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 37 points 1 year ago (5 children) VPN company: "Don't care, not in the UK, fuck off." permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Iloveyurianime@ani.social 12 points 1 year ago (3 children) Mullvad vpn is probably gonna be safe from this demand from the uk because their account system relies on random string of numbers PLUS their website is also available on the tor browser permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) as long as they can accept GBP in the mail you're good permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago* They take crypto, wash a few satoshis through lightning and you're as good as anonymous. sure, xmr would be better, but 🤷🏻♂️ edit: well shuck my corn! "We accept cash, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Monero, bank wire, credit card, PayPal, Swish, Eps transfer, Bancontact, iDEAL, and Przelewy24." permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago That's a niiiice tip. Deleting my account and re-joining under TOR when my lapse comes around. Might as well hide my use entirely. permalink fedilink source parent [–] moopet@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago Next step would be requiring UK ISPs to block traffic to the VPNs. They've already made it so you can't go to some sites based on DNS lookups, so there's precedent. Making it by IP address from a continuously-updated list would make it exceedingly difficult for regular users to access a public VPN, and while making one yourself from a VPS is straightforward, it can get expensive very quickly if you want to watch videos or download lots of stuff through it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Iloveyurianime@ani.social 12 points 1 year ago (3 children) Mullvad vpn is probably gonna be safe from this demand from the uk because their account system relies on random string of numbers PLUS their website is also available on the tor browser permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) as long as they can accept GBP in the mail you're good permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago* They take crypto, wash a few satoshis through lightning and you're as good as anonymous. sure, xmr would be better, but 🤷🏻♂️ edit: well shuck my corn! "We accept cash, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Monero, bank wire, credit card, PayPal, Swish, Eps transfer, Bancontact, iDEAL, and Przelewy24." permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago That's a niiiice tip. Deleting my account and re-joining under TOR when my lapse comes around. Might as well hide my use entirely. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) as long as they can accept GBP in the mail you're good permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago* They take crypto, wash a few satoshis through lightning and you're as good as anonymous. sure, xmr would be better, but 🤷🏻♂️ edit: well shuck my corn! "We accept cash, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Monero, bank wire, credit card, PayPal, Swish, Eps transfer, Bancontact, iDEAL, and Przelewy24." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago* They take crypto, wash a few satoshis through lightning and you're as good as anonymous. sure, xmr would be better, but 🤷🏻♂️ edit: well shuck my corn! "We accept cash, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Monero, bank wire, credit card, PayPal, Swish, Eps transfer, Bancontact, iDEAL, and Przelewy24." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago That's a niiiice tip. Deleting my account and re-joining under TOR when my lapse comes around. Might as well hide my use entirely. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] moopet@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago Next step would be requiring UK ISPs to block traffic to the VPNs. They've already made it so you can't go to some sites based on DNS lookups, so there's precedent. Making it by IP address from a continuously-updated list would make it exceedingly difficult for regular users to access a public VPN, and while making one yourself from a VPS is straightforward, it can get expensive very quickly if you want to watch videos or download lots of stuff through it. permalink fedilink source parent