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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. Ukv · · focus · HN ↗
      I'm not in California and DraftKings blocks me connecting with a VPN, so they just don't seem to be distinguishing whether a VPN user is in California (which is the impossible part of this law).
      1. mahboi · · focus · HN ↗
        Right, they just block all VPN users, which would comply with the law
        1. iAMkenough · · focus · HN ↗
          I have no problem connecting via a VPN running on my VPS, so it's not all VPN users.

          A VPN/proxy could exist on any given IP address at any time, which the California law recognizes but the Utah law does not.

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