LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-square115fedilinkarrow-up1613arrow-down113 cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squarecley_faye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·3 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.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 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-up1·3 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.
minus-squareLuminousLuddite@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·3 days agohttps://ur.io/ People can use this to look like local traffic.
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.
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.
https://ur.io/
People can use this to look like local traffic.