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

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  1. mahboi · · focus · HN ↗
    How is this impossible? DraftKings does it for California visitors.
    1. compiler-guy · · focus · HN ↗
      DraftKings does it in a way that is good enough to comply with California law, which doesn't require perfection.

      This Utah law requires perfection.

      1. mahboi · · focus · HN ↗
        Oh I see, &quot;An individual is considered to be accessing the website from this state if the individual is actually located in the state regardless of whether the individual is using...&quot; as mentioned in the injunction <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.courthousenews.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2026&#x2F;09&#x2F;aylo-freesites-utah-division-consumer-protection-opinion.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.courthousenews.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2026&#x2F;09&#x2F;ay... So yeah the law would basically require everywhere to perform age verification, where the law says it only has to be &quot;commercially reasonable.&quot;
        1. rvba · · focus · HN ↗
          that is the plan, to make everyone have to use utah law

          underlying reason is hatred for free internet

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