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submitted 3 days ago by florencia to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 49 points 3 days ago

ROFL They aren't a solution. But they will be the solution for anyone wanting to get around them.

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

i had to use them for work.

i've been using them for private life, too. they are not what they used to be. law enforcement has ways to flood vpn ip pools to destroy whatever privacy one might get from marketers and advertisers and social media data munchers.

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 16 points 3 days ago

I'm curious what you mean by flooding a VPN pool

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

With varying mandates across different regions, it will become increasingly difficult for VPNs to effectively circumvent these age verification requirements because each state or country may have different methods of enforcement and different types of identification checks, such as government-issued IDs, third-party verification systems, or biometric data. As a result, VPN providers will struggle to keep up with these constantly changing laws and ensure users can bypass the restrictions, especially as more sophisticated detection systems are introduced to identify and block VPN traffic.

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I agree generally with what this says. However, in the most recent ban in Australia, we don't even know how they're going to make this law enforceable, and VPN's do still work at the moment. The people it detrimentally effects havebeen given a headstart here and they know it. VPN's are just the tip of the iceberg.

[-] M33@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 days ago

As if websites wouldn’t know when you connect from a VPN … ever heard about « sorry connections from VPN are not permitted on this website »

this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2025
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