• limer@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    It’s like watching an online version of Brexit, without the referendum

  • myrmidex@belgae.social
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    “Many of these free VPNs are riddled with issues,” said Daniel Card, a cyber-security expert with the Chartered Institute for IT (BCS).

    “Some act as traffic brokers for data harvesting firms, others are so poorly built they expose users to attacks.”

    He told the BBC despite posing a range of potential privacy risks, such apps “end up in the hands of kids trying to watch age-restricted content”, or adults “trying to get round blocks”.

    Ah yes, there it is: won’t anyone think of the children. I expected that argument higher up in the article.

  • Baggins@beehaw.org
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    I can’t see anywhere in the article that says they may be ‘banned’.

    They can try though. They can also try and collect water in a sieve.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    The UK politicians who thought this was a good idea deserve a “ban”

    Seriously, how did they not see this coming?

  • IcyToes@sh.itjust.works
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    What’s with the clickbait headline? Did the linked article change or did OP twist it to mean opposite?

    Linked source says:

    Headline “Labour rules out VPN ban in UK but issues warning to UK households”

    Byline “Labour won’t ban the use of Virtual Private Networks”

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    OOOHH yeah, let’s ban a standardized security system because we’re idiots

    Politicians always look like that kid with a propellor cap on their head