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UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16

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Re: UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16

#11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The UK is not an EU country.

But would you agree going into people's houses and arresting them for mean tweets would be infringing on their civil liberties just a little bit?

Of course, I agree. The UK has nothing to do with the EU, though.

Re: UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16

#12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The UK is not an EU country.

But would you agree going into people's houses and arresting them for mean tweets would be infringing on their civil liberties just a little bit?

Mean tweets - yes.

Very obvious incitement to violence - no.

Re: UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16

#18
So lemme guess - in order to prove one's age, one needs to obtain a digital ID and use said ID to gain access to the internet thereby creating a perfect system to monitor one's internet activity.

Gotta hand it to them - "protecting the children" is a pretty good pretext.

Re: UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16

#19
To protect children we must install malware on their computers! Let's just hope those authorities don't use malware to peep on them through webcams ... Again

or look at their personal data

or use behavior analytics to target minority groups as "risks" sending law enforcement to harass or kill them.

or store all their personal data on a 3rd party companies insecure servers

You have to start surveillance young, get them used to it early so they don't realize how bad it is!

Re: UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16

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post #18

So lemme guess - in order to prove one's age, one needs to obtain a digital ID and use said ID to gain access to the internet thereby creating a perfect system to monitor one's internet activity. Gotta hand it to them - "protecting the children" is a pretty good pretext.

Interesting to see these kinds of comments more in this thread compared to the one from yesterday.

The one from yesterday was discussing how australia is banning social media for anyone under 16. Most comments were supportive because they hate social media.

A few comments were discussing how it is just a way to propagate more KYC.

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