LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checkswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square269fedilinkarrow-up1839arrow-down110 cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squarequack@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-23 hours agoSo how do they plan on figuring out if any given user behind a VPN is in Utah?
minus-squareJohanno@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoWell while your isp can’t see what you do when you use a vpn. They can see you use a vpn. So there is that. However you could use an isp that is not in utah
minus-squareNewNewAugustEast@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 minutes ago They can see you use a vpn. How? Deep package inspection?
minus-squarequack@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoThat works from the ISP end, but this legislation makes websites themselves accountable. Even if it was about ISPs, as you said they can’t see what you’re doing to stop it and there’s too many use cases for VPNs to just block the protocols outright.
minus-squaremagic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoTheres always ways aroubd that too…
minus-squareMojoMcJojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·4 hours agoAge and identity verification. Unfortunately selling user data is profitable, so I think this will become more common.
So how do they plan on figuring out if any given user behind a VPN is in Utah?
Well while your isp can’t see what you do when you use a vpn. They can see you use a vpn.
So there is that. However you could use an isp that is not in utah
How? Deep package inspection?
That works from the ISP end, but this legislation makes websites themselves accountable. Even if it was about ISPs, as you said they can’t see what you’re doing to stop it and there’s too many use cases for VPNs to just block the protocols outright.
Theres always ways aroubd that too…
Age and identity verification. Unfortunately selling user data is profitable, so I think this will become more common.