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Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checks (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 100 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Remember when we told people "they'll make it illegal to use a VPN" and we got snarky replies like "it's not enforceable LOL".

The fuck it isn't. Traffic coming from a VPN? That's a paddlin', kiddo.

They're not even trying to masquerade it as… oh, yes, they're still trying to masquerade as a "think of the children!" measure. Those fuckers.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    and we got snarky replies like "it's not enforceable LOL".

    Not being enforceable hasn't stopped a lot of bad laws from being enacted.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    My housing complex has a 10km/hr speed limit, it is completely unenforceable (police aren't going to put in a speed trap or monitor a road inside a housing complex). Doesn't stop people getting all upset because they're sure someone was going 15.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    This seems a bit sketchy to me. How am I getting paid for participating when it's completely free?

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    So what legally protects a provider from prison if users view illegal content via my network?

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Reminds me of the guy who got his home raided and electronics seized for running a Tor exit node.

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/austrian-man-raided-for-operating-tor-exit-node/

    Seems risky and a huge legal hassle even if you don't end up in prison.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago*

    looks sketchy af

    agentic browser ew

    corporate ew

    real trustworthy privacy/security/anonymization/decentralization software is libre, open source, non-corporate, an unpaid not-for-profit free-time project that never makes use of any money, decentralized with no official host, and most importantly made by trans anarchist catgirls who use obscure operating systems

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