LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checkswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square338fedilinkarrow-up1992arrow-down113 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1979arrow-down1external-linkUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checkswww.tomshardware.comLuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square338fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 days ago Could they not also just selectively ban all Utah-based IPs? No. Because VPNs redirect traffic from the site to a third party to Utah, in order to disguise the location of the original request
No. Because VPNs redirect traffic from the site to a third party to Utah, in order to disguise the location of the original request