LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checkswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square270fedilinkarrow-up1844arrow-down19
arrow-up1835arrow-down1external-linkUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checkswww.tomshardware.comLuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square270fedilink
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-220 hours ago Web services and websites should block all Utah IP addresses That won’t work on a VPN, though. The VPN will say the user is coming from outside the state. That’s the whole point of the VPN.
minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-219 hours agoright, meaning everybody will need to get a VPN, defeating the purpose of the law
That won’t work on a VPN, though. The VPN will say the user is coming from outside the state. That’s the whole point of the VPN.
right, meaning everybody will need to get a VPN, defeating the purpose of the law