Alex Lekander / CyberInsider: EU warns that VPNs are being used to bypass online age-verification systems, calling their use “a loophole in the legislation that needs closing”  —  The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has warned that virtual private networks (VPNs) are increasingly being used …

  • remotelove@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    It took an entire research center to determine that VPNs were being used to bypass age verification even though everyone knew that VPNs could bypass age verification before any restrictions were ever put in place?

    Ya know, I’m starting to think that country leaders aren’t exactly the brightest folks in the world. Or, age verification is just being used as an excuse to ban encryption completely…

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      1 month ago

      It at the very least took an entire research center to get paid to say it. While they may not be the brightest crayons in the box, they’re at least willing to spend and/or collect billions to convince a mass of crayons from an even dimmer box that they do.