House of Lords Votes to Ban UK Children from Using Internet VPNs
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#3Papers, please. Glory to Arstotzka!
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#4Does that mean that VPN providers now need identification before you can open an account?
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#5Very shallow, naive approach to child safety. This is like banning children from riding scooters on a highway. They're just going to use a bike instead. Danger still exists.
VPNs are not the only way around this, so if you want to ban the "method of access" you need to be much more broad, and get the parents involved.
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#6Does that mean that VPN providers now need identification before you can open an account?
But think of the children!
That it has its own Wikipedia page is a sign of the abuse of this argument: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children
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#7Does that mean that VPN providers now need identification before you can open an account?
This is the real intent
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#8Very shallow, naive approach to child safety. This is like banning children from riding scooters on a highway. They're just going to use a bike instead. Danger still exists. VPNs are not the only way around this, so if you want to ban the "method of access" you need to be much more broad, and get the parents involved.
A innefective mandate for the intended purpose, but a very effective mandate to know what adults use VPNs.
Between this and the repeated attempts at encryption backdoors, this is something I would expect from a totalitarian regime that is preparing for civil unrest, not the UK.
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#9How to enforce?
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#10Does that mean that VPN providers now need identification before you can open an account?
No. This a motion within one house of Parliament and hasn't become law, nor is there any guarantee it will be. It's something to be aware of.