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Court agrees with EFF: Utah's VPN law demands a technical impossibility

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  1. SoftTalker · · focus · HN ↗
    > platforms are left with an impossible choice: completely block all VPN traffic nationwide or withdraw access from Utah entirely

    Is it even possible to reliably know that a connection is from a VPN? Anyone can proxy through a random hosting provider.

    1. TeMPOraL · · focus · HN ↗
      All it would take is for a major ISP in Utah to route everyone through a VPN, and boom, it's the same picture.
      1. irenaeus · · focus · HN ↗
        Yeah but the state of Utah could just tell them to knock it off because they're the state.
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