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Could VPNs be banned in the UK? We asked the experts (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 8 hours ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

This is utterly stupid and I agree it needs to be highlighted however it's worth pointing out that a public consultation doesn't mean squat.

They're asking the general public if they think that VPNs should be regulated. They are not asking experts for feasibility studies. So even if we take it as red that this is 100% definitely going to happen, they are at stage -1 of the process right now, and we all know the speed which politics moves (continental drift in slow motion).

I would actually be perfectly prepared to put money on this not actually happening. Labour do not need more reasons for people to hate them.

[–] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 5 points 6 hours ago

Age checks on buying a VPN is probably how they'll move this forward. Same situation as the age checks in porn. Use a VPN to download a VPN.

There's no way, as the article says, to identify which traffic is a legit business on or a private one.

Also, I think, a proxy will achieve the same goal for appearing in another country. Sure it's not private but the gov are looking at VPN specifically.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 8 hours ago

Sure you could ban VPNs — just as easily as you could ban newspapers.