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Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checks (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 59 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Remember when we told people "they'll make it illegal to use a VPN" and we got snarky replies like "it's not enforceable LOL".

The fuck it isn't. Traffic coming from a VPN? That's a paddlin', kiddo.

They're not even trying to masquerade it as… oh, yes, they're still trying to masquerade as a "think of the children!" measure. Those fuckers.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

and we got snarky replies like "it's not enforceable LOL".

Not being enforceable hasn't stopped a lot of bad laws from being enacted.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

My housing complex has a 10km/hr speed limit, it is completely unenforceable (police aren't going to put in a speed trap or monitor a road inside a housing complex). Doesn't stop people getting all upset because they're sure someone was going 15.