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1. SoftTalker · 1790960547 · 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. happyPersonR · 1790967013 · focus · HN ↗

      Requires the vpn provider to snitch and possible tag the ip frames or http frames lol

      Folks would just host their own vpns various places and this would be pointless ….

      1. sparkling · 1790967793 · focus · HN ↗

         Detection can be based on the IPs themselves, no packet tricks required. Plenty of services can do that: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;focsec.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;focsec.com&#x2F;

         Now of course, if your VPN is a home-lab style VPN where you are connecting to a little wireguard box sitting in your own home, that is a totally different story.

         1. compiler-guy · 1790968063 · focus · HN ↗

            And still required by Utah law.

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