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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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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Get a VPN from outside the UK.

[–] mysticmartz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (8 children)

With a payment method from outside the UK? Or crypto where most companies have KYC ?

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

dkyc fucking rocks

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Only the enlightened will move to Tor. The unwashed masses will just suck the dick as normal.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Will any of the washed ones suck dick, though? Asking for a friend.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 days ago

Only by choice... That's the entire point of this exercise.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

So, current issue I'm trying to solve.

  • Discord is kind if innately de-annonymized because I've talked about where I live for the purposes of visiting people.
  • Discord cannot make voice calls through VPNs.

Should I try and find a workaround for that or just use discord from the desktop app and keep it segregated from my other traffic while accepting its compromised without even the minor protection of a VPN.

Or go full paranoid and make a brand new account and re-grab my old friends which creates an identifiable but not immediately obvious link to an old account (and then just self censor my own speech from then on out to avoid self doxing)

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[–] SinJab0n@mujico.org -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

1.- You realize you are under the so called "communist china 2.0: capitalist descendant" western countries fear so "much"

2.-You run away like when honk kong got forcibly reincorporated to mainland china laws

3.- You would be free again in a brave new country!

4.- For a while..... until the distopian totalitarian regimes fueled by greed catches up to you.....

Edit: Hahaha, got downvoted 'cause they know im right and got butt hurt.

Just remember, today was UK, EU plans to do it tomorrow, and USA is already makin' drafts. You either protest now (oops, you cant do it in the UK) or lose your rights until the tree of fredoom demands blood again.

[–] SinJab0n@mujico.org 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Added it to edit, so... nothing here anymore

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