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

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  1. SoftTalker · · 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 · · 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. mmooss · · focus · HN ↗
        > Folks would just host their own vpns various places and this would be pointless

        In the real world, very few people have that capability.

        1. someonebaggy · · focus · HN ↗
          Chinese people manage. Mostly by knowing someone who has the capability.
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