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

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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. babelfish · 1790969027 · focus · HN ↗
  It seems like withdrawing from Utah is the obvious option
  1. gwbas1c · 1790970192 · focus · HN ↗
    That was what the law attempted to do: Ban porn in Utah.
    There is a very vocal anti-porn group in Utah. They do things like put up massive billboards that say "[Store name] sells porn." (Which is basically free advertising instead of shaming.)
    hedora · 1790984867 · focus · HN ↗
    Right, but if everyone serving porn did that (e.g., google image search, so I guess all of Google should ban Utah), then people would just send money out of state for vpn access, and probably remember the annoyance when it was time to vote.
    gwbas1c · 1791168106 · focus · HN ↗
    People in Utah are different than the average American. I suspect they watch less porn. When I drove through in 2002, their "sex symbol" billboards involved a pretty couple with their kids in the background.
    It's a fun place to visit!

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