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[–] toad31@lemmy.cif.su 3 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

The same teenagers that don't even use computers with physical keyboards?

I'd wager less than 1% of the minors affected by this will learn how to proxy through a VPS.

[–] Jason@feddit.uk 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

So all this does is create a black market for tech. People with the knowledge of how to set up this technology will provide it as a service for those who don't.

It's the same as trying to outright ban drugs. Those who can provide for those who cannot (for a fee).

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 hours ago

It makes these kids easy marks for malware.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 3 points 9 hours ago

They just got a motivation.

[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 0 points 10 hours ago

I just deployed a few VM on my phone, not even a tablet. It's not that hard nowadays with websites being designed primarily for smartphone users