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Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checks (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] disorderly@lemmy.world 141 points 3 days ago (2 children)

To date, the only countries that have made progress in blocking VPN traffic with some success are authoritarian regimes with ISP-level surveillance.

You know you're on to something when the only playbook you can find was written by the Chinese government.

[–] LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The horseshoe theory of mass surveillance

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

I don't think it's has anything to do with a horseshoe when they are just becoming a dictatorship as well. It's just a line at that point.

[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 37 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Even the Chinese government struggles tracking people using VPN’s, Utah is in for a rude awakening.

[–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

I was under the impression that China sorted of allows it so that people travelling for business can still access everything they're used to