LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 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-square342linkfedilinkarrow-up11Karrow-down115 cross-posted to: stupidpol@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1985arrow-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 · 12 days agomessage-square342linkfedilink cross-posted to: stupidpol@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 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