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Utah’s New Law Targeting VPNs Goes Into Effect Next Week (www.eff.org)
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For the last couple of years, we’ve watched the same predictable cycle play out across the globe: a state (or country) passes a clunky age-verification mandate, and, without fail, Virtual Private Network (VPN) usage surges as residents scramble to maintain their privacy and anonymity. We've seen...

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[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 2 points 17 hours ago

I run a VPN full time on my phone and I am not even that paranoid or trying to by pass any age gates. I just want that additional layer of obfuscation from advertising cancer.