LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours 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-square184fedilinkarrow-up1603arrow-down14
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minus-squareLuminousLuddite@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·7 hours agohttps://ur.io/ People can use this to look like local traffic.
minus-squareDeckPacker@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 hours agoThis seems a bit sketchy to me. How am I getting paid for participating when it’s completely free?
minus-squareLuminousLuddite@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agohttps://docs.ur.io/economic-model/economic-model Their economic model comes from premium subscriptions. Its free to use with a data cap.
minus-squarezorro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 hours agoSo what legally protects a provider from prison if users view illegal content via my network?
minus-squareapex32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoReminds me of the guy who got his home raided and electronics seized for running a Tor exit node. https://www.zdnet.com/article/austrian-man-raided-for-operating-tor-exit-node/ Seems risky and a huge legal hassle even if you don’t end up in prison.
minus-squareLuminousLuddite@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 hours agoThey could run it on a Linux VPS. They might want to have a notice ready as if they were running a tor exit relay and let the host know.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 hours agoThe problem for most users is: they actually want to look like traffic from somewhere else…
minus-squareLuminousLuddite@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoI meant to say residential traffic of whatever country they connect to instead of a data center.
minus-squareLuminousLuddite@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-26 hours agohttps://github.com/urnetwork Their software is open source.
https://ur.io/
People can use this to look like local traffic.
This seems a bit sketchy to me. How am I getting paid for participating when it’s completely free?
https://docs.ur.io/economic-model/economic-model
Their economic model comes from premium subscriptions. Its free to use with a data cap.
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So what legally protects a provider from prison if users view illegal content via my network?
Reminds me of the guy who got his home raided and electronics seized for running a Tor exit node.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/austrian-man-raided-for-operating-tor-exit-node/
Seems risky and a huge legal hassle even if you don’t end up in prison.
They could run it on a Linux VPS. They might want to have a notice ready as if they were running a tor exit relay and let the host know.
The problem for most users is: they actually want to look like traffic from somewhere else…
I meant to say residential traffic of whatever country they connect to instead of a data center.
it seems very unsafe
https://github.com/urnetwork
Their software is open source.