“UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs”
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@LonM @gamingonlinux I will boost and sign but they just said "lol nope" to the petition to repeal the OSA which had more than 2M signatures so I'm not holding my breath...
@jamesravey @gamingonlinux You're right, these petitions often get ignored. But ignoring petitions with high signature counts undermines the gov's position, and if they do get to a debate stage that at least allows the opposition an official chance to confront the government.
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“UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs”
Here we go again ey
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-lords-votes-to-extend-age-verification-to-vpns
@gamingonlinux This is impossible, unless they're only talking about a few of the biggest general-purpose VPN providers. In which case they'll simply redirect users to smaller or self-hosted VPN servers.
You can't restrict access to VPNs any more than you can restrict access to encryption algorithms.
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@gamingonlinux This is impossible, unless they're only talking about a few of the biggest general-purpose VPN providers. In which case they'll simply redirect users to smaller or self-hosted VPN servers.
You can't restrict access to VPNs any more than you can restrict access to encryption algorithms.
@Fonant @gamingonlinux well, it's ridiculous on its face. How does banning children from VPNs keep them safe in any way? This is either a knee-jerk response to people mocking their last law by pointing out that it can be circumvented with a VPN, or it's another step towards total surveillance of all internet traffic. I'm not sure which is worse. It can be both, of course.
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@Fonant @gamingonlinux well, it's ridiculous on its face. How does banning children from VPNs keep them safe in any way? This is either a knee-jerk response to people mocking their last law by pointing out that it can be circumvented with a VPN, or it's another step towards total surveillance of all internet traffic. I'm not sure which is worse. It can be both, of course.
@mspcommentary @gamingonlinux It's just politicians pretending that they can "do something" when in practice it's impossible. Security Theatre.
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“UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs”
Here we go again ey
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-lords-votes-to-extend-age-verification-to-vpns
@gamingonlinux good type to have your own VPS
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@gamingonlinux good type to have your own VPS
@MutuallyPrecautionary @gamingonlinux Or learn about TOR. 👍
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“UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs”
Here we go again ey
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-lords-votes-to-extend-age-verification-to-vpns
@gamingonlinux I can't wait until DHCP servers require age verification too
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“UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs”
Here we go again ey
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-lords-votes-to-extend-age-verification-to-vpns
@gamingonlinux as anyone with half a brain has predicted
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@mspcommentary @gamingonlinux It's just politicians pretending that they can "do something" when in practice it's impossible. Security Theatre.
@Fonant @mspcommentary @gamingonlinux Lords is not even politicians for the most part. Closer would be "angry mostly white male old people's home residents"
Sooner they get abolished for something democratic the better.
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“UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs”
Here we go again ey
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-lords-votes-to-extend-age-verification-to-vpns
@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social How long until I'll have to verify my age just to be able to step out of my fucking front door?
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@gamingonlinux This is impossible, unless they're only talking about a few of the biggest general-purpose VPN providers. In which case they'll simply redirect users to smaller or self-hosted VPN servers.
You can't restrict access to VPNs any more than you can restrict access to encryption algorithms.
@Fonant It's what you get when you put a bunch of likely tech illiterate old farts in charge.
They don't really understand tech or feasibility, they just say "let it be done".Ask any of them what a VPN roughly is and they will likely give a very inaccurate answer.
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