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'We decided not to limit VPNs': UK government U-turns on age-gating privacy tools (www.techradar.com)

submitted 3 months ago by meejle@piefed.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

To the uninformed, not blocking VPNs makes the government's policies for an unprecedented invasion of user privacy seem like a level-headed compromise.

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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 12 points 3 months ago

Ask for the arm, take the shoulder, placate the voters, ask for the arm, take the biceps, placate the voters, repeat.

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[–] crispbacon99@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

Also They must've just realized they were giving big tech companies easy access to even politicians private data because they only care about themselves. Buncha buffoons in charge

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