git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 hours agoUK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16alecmuffett.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up191cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up191external-linkUK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16alecmuffett.comgit [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·14 hours agoThis would require proving your age to the VPN provider, which de-anonymises VPN usage.
minus-squareSootySootySoot [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·13 hours ago Regulations under subsection (1)— © must make provision for the monitoring and effective enforcement of the child VPN prohibition. I don’t think that’s a side effect. The law pretty explicitly requires monitoring of any kind that the Secretary of State decides.
This would require proving your age to the VPN provider, which de-anonymises VPN usage.
I don’t think that’s a side effect. The law pretty explicitly requires monitoring of any kind that the Secretary of State decides.