LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agoUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checkswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square117linkfedilinkarrow-up1592arrow-down113
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minus-squarecley_faye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·29 days agoRemember 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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minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·29 days agoThe problem for most users is: they actually want to look like traffic from somewhere else…
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·29 days ago 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.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoMy 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.
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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The problem for most users is: they actually want to look like traffic from somewhere else…
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Not being enforceable hasn’t stopped a lot of bad laws from being enacted.
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.