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UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
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Prominent backbench MP Sarah Champion launched a campaign against VPNs previously, saying: “My new clause 54 would require the Secretary of State to publish, within six months of the Bill’s passage, a report on the effect of VPN use on Ofcom’s ability to enforce the requirements under clause 112.

"If VPNs cause significant issues, the Government must identify those issues and find solutions, rather than avoiding difficult problems.” And the Labour Party said there were “gaps” in the bill that needed to be amended.

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[-] glog78@digitalcourage.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 12 minutes ago)

@arc99 the same way as you did encrypt it ??? with gpg ?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35584461/gpg-encryption-and-decryption-of-a-folder-using-command-line

???? the needed certificate are exchanged by for example a matrix / telegram or personal ????

And don't underestimate kids ... Or better asked yourself how did they get porn in the 80s and 90s ??? ( and yes they did )

PS: and honestly imho this hole "protection talk" is totally nonesense or are parent's not anymore capable of protecting their kids? Tell my one reason why a kid < 16 should have access to internet without supervision ? An Emergency Call can still be done without internet.

This hole discussion is like if you would had let a Porn VHS in the 80's unlocked in the living room and your kid unsupervised for hours in the living room. Would have someone called in the 80's to audit if your porn has been stored kids savely you would have gone crazy.

PPS: Just because you don't have statistic's how many kids watched adult content in the 80's or 90's doesn't mean it didn't happen !!!

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