LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 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-square328linkfedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down114
arrow-up1993arrow-down1external-linkUtah 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.comLuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square328linkfedilink
minus-squarequack@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 hours agoThat works from the ISP end, but this legislation makes websites themselves accountable. Even if it was about ISPs, as you said they can’t see what you’re doing to stop it and there’s too many use cases for VPNs to just block the protocols outright.
minus-squaremagic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoTheres always ways aroubd that too…
That works from the ISP end, but this legislation makes websites themselves accountable. Even if it was about ISPs, as you said they can’t see what you’re doing to stop it and there’s too many use cases for VPNs to just block the protocols outright.
Theres always ways aroubd that too…