git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoUK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16alecmuffett.comexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-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 · 2 months agomessage-square30linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 months agoThis would require proving your age to the VPN provider, which de-anonymises VPN usage.
minus-squareSootySootySoot [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months 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.