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Utah’s New Law Targeting VPNs Goes Into Effect Next Week (www.eff.org)
submitted 1 month ago by Monkey@piefed.social to c/privacy@programming.dev
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For the last couple of years, we’ve watched the same predictable cycle play out across the globe: a state (or country) passes a clunky age-verification mandate, and, without fail, Virtual Private Network (VPN) usage surges as residents scramble to maintain their privacy and anonymity. We've seen...

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[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 43 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Is this freedom?

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, this is loss.

[–] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

First funny loss joke ever. Nice.

[–] DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

No, it's the opposite. It's the USA.

[–] Truancy@lemmy.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ha, where do you think we are? America? Oh, wait... Yeah were cooked.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Land Of The Free™️*

*conditions apply.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The land of $59.99 a month with ads.

[–] Truancy@lemmy.org 2 points 1 month ago

Lmfaoo