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Wisconsin wants to force all adult sites to block VPNs – here's what we know (www.techradar.com)
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[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, I’m saying there are enough methods of so easily breaking through any of these protocols the legislators are even talking about that the idea itself is farcicle.

Of course there are, but I was replying to a comment that said basically well we can just VPN out of Wisconsin and so the sites won't know we're from Wisconsin so they won't enforce Wisconsin's laws! And my response was not so fast, there are sites that see you're from a VPN connection and instead say "oh we don't know where you're connecting from so we're going to collect your ID." That's it.

The internet is more complex than what you are suggesting…

I'm not suggesting anything technical about the internet. I'm observing what some companies are doing technically with respect to VPN usage. I have speculated, when asked, as to why these companies may be doing what they are.

the battle against (legal of age) porn and weed has been lost. ...

Agreed.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right on, I was drinking last night and may just have been being a little contrarian or something, I think we are both basically in agreement. Happy Saturday.