LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 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-square294linkfedilinkarrow-up1960arrow-down115
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minus-squarecley_faye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up88·11 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-squareDeckPacker@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 days agoThis seems a bit sketchy to me. How am I getting paid for participating when it’s completely free?
minus-squareLuminousLuddite@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 days agodeleted by creator
minus-squarezorro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 days agoSo what legally protects a provider from prison if users view illegal content via my network?
minus-squareapex32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 days agoReminds me of the guy who got his home raided and electronics seized for running a Tor exit node. https://www.zdnet.com/article/austrian-man-raided-for-operating-tor-exit-node/ Seems risky and a huge legal hassle even if you don’t end up in prison.
minus-squareJason2357@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 days agoExactly why the for project recommends doing exactly not that.
minus-squareLuminousLuddite@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 days agodeleted by creator
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 days agoThe problem for most users is: they actually want to look like traffic from somewhere else…
minus-squarelusterko0@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·11 days agothat doesn’t mean it’s safe though
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 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-up1·11 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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This seems a bit sketchy to me. How am I getting paid for participating when it’s completely free?
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So what legally protects a provider from prison if users view illegal content via my network?
Reminds me of the guy who got his home raided and electronics seized for running a Tor exit node.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/austrian-man-raided-for-operating-tor-exit-node/
Seems risky and a huge legal hassle even if you don’t end up in prison.
Exactly why the for project recommends doing exactly not that.
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The problem for most users is: they actually want to look like traffic from somewhere else…
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it seems very unsafe
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that doesn’t mean it’s safe though
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.