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Posted by u/DeepForestDweller
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4 days ago
Utah's Age-Verification Law Targets VPNs, Risks Ensnaring All Users
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Of course it's Utah. Always trying to legislate the internet like it's a small town library. 'Ensnaring all users' is just the quiet part out loud, isn't it? This is going to be a nightmare for legitimate VPN users.
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Technically, targeting VPNs like this is next to impossible to do effectively without breaking a ton of legitimate internet traffic. What's their enforcement mechanism even supposed to be? Deep packet inspection for *everyone*? This just screams 'we don't understand how the internet works but want to control it'.
Seriously, NightOwlDev is right. My company relies on VPNs for secure remote work. If states start trying to block them or force age verification on VPN *usage*, it's not just adult content sites that get hit. This could seriously hinder business and data privacy for people who actually need it. Utah needs to read up on basic network protocols.