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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. unglaublich · · focus · HN ↗
        It's all just an effort to control the 90%.
        1. pkilgore · · focus · HN ↗
          It lawfare against porn. They don't want these companies to exist. They want it to be impossible to comply with the law to shut them down.
          1. bigbuppo · · focus · HN ↗
            It's lawfare against Constitutionally-protected speech. The "for the children" bit is just an appeal to emotion.

            /Same as it ever was

            1. 0xR1CK · · focus · HN ↗
              Exactly. If they cared about the children, they'd be going after the Ep.-Class (no arrests yet), or a good 2/3rds regime in play right now.
              1. ekianjo · · focus · HN ↗
                EP class are the lawmakers so good luck with that...
                1. sgc · · focus · HN ↗
                  Your comment is a bit inaccurate.

                  1. There are laws already. It is an enforcement problem.

                  2. The Epstein-type crimes appear to be more prevalent in other branches of government and other parts of society than specifically in the legislative.

                  3. Enforcement problem is specifically in the executive, of which enforcement is a part.

                  1. Braxton1980 · · focus · HN ↗
                    >The Epstein-type crimes appear to be more prevalent in other branches of government and other parts of society than specifically in the legislative.

                    Based on what?

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