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What happens if the UK requires age verification for VPN’s (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by mysticmartz@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hello ,

As the title says what happens if theUK requires age verification for VPN’s or makes it illegal to use them?

Does that mean everyone will move to tor or I2P?

It seems if the UK gov keep pushing their agenda under the guise of protecting children people will increasingly go dark .

I guess what I’m asking is how does everyone think this will unfold?

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[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

I found out students in my kids highschool were using VPNs to play roblox on the network (bypassing IT's block). They way they did it was 1. Search "VPN" in the app store or play store. 2. Install the first result.

That's probably a good model of what mass adoption of VPNs would look like.

my own kids got a tailscale app connecting to my headscale network in 10 minutes and me wiping my brow that I dodged a bullet.