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VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at 'age-gate'
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#132This will be interesting to follow. I dont see how this can be fully enforced. Maybe for iOS and other platform where app distribution is highly restricted, but on linux, windows and even macOS i can use mullvad, sending cash in an envelope without ever revealing my identity.
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#133Honestly, the UK already shot itself in the foot. Now they're shooting their other foot. And they keep voting for the Labor party...
And yet, govt will find it's impossible to regulate the creativity of software engineers.
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#134Most VPN companies won't implement age verification, because their purpose is privacy. This is really an attempt to ban VPNs. This won't be popular when 70% of the population uses VPNs.
> when 70% of the population uses VPNs.
To be honest, unfortunately, I'm not really sure about this one.
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#135In Russia, they claimed that new measures to block websites are necessary to protect the children online. Of course, they immediately used these new capabilities to block opposition websites and sources critical of the government. Now, seeing many European governments tirelessly push for these new measures to protect the children , I'm pretty sure that the children are finally going to be safe online.
It is really disheartening to see the sentiment around privacy erode like this. Fifteen or even ten years ago this would have been unanimously and vehemently opposed, but now it is somehow up for debate?
Social media got worse.
We've had time to witness the damage of a dopamine-doomscroll. I personally know children who've posted too much, and children who've been solicited directly by adults, both to try and meet and for nudes. And we've seen the complete lack of positive action from platforms. Roblox is full of paedophiles and Grok was letting you nudify your classmates just a few months ago. These places aren't suitable for kids.
I don't want a ban on VPNs. That isn't being suggested, just making sure they're also age-checked. But some inconvenience is a price worth considering.
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#136Re: VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at 'age-gate'
#137maybe the UK should instead look into protecting women and girls being systematically abused and raped while the police and government cover it up
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#138Uk kids about to discover the power of Hetzner Linux vps + vnc.
And then UK residents are going to discover the "power" of government which will require age verification for renting a VPS or VDS or any other kind of cloud infrastructure, tied directly to your passport/ID, because "many families are desperate for this to happen and I listen particularly to bereaved families that say the longer we delay this, the more children are put at risk".
/j or /s
P.S. by the way, is it possible for them to use Hetzner? Don't they need something like credit card?
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#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
The only (probably) good thing here is that one can at least try to apply Russian experience at circumventing the censorship, where it's currently way more severe, up to the point when entire companies have their workflows disrupted because remote workers can't connect through the VPN (which is blocked). Maybe that will help.
You see, the problem is that all exit points of our VPNs are in Europe. These too can be banned quite easily. Where to will we run next, given that this cancer tends to spread?
Run to the Kremlin, with torches in your hands.
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#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
The end result will be the same. If you face a 10k liability for serving the wrong customer, you end up needing to ID your customers. If the government isn't going to provide that service you end up with private companies verifying identity and the data security issues that entails. If you want to shift the responsibility of protecting children away from parents, then you end up in a situation where third parties nee…
> . I haven't yet seen a proposal that doesn't entail someone - government or private enterprise - getting access to identifiable information California's Digital Age Assurance Act
That isn’t age verification. It’s an api for reporting unverified age data.
It’s basically parental controls standardized.