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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. 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. sylware · 1791020988 · focus · HN ↗
    And some VPN "services" could use some compromised systems here and there.
    Who is going to check anyway? You need significant technical leverage AND law leverage for the people doing that.

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