Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoOnline age checks came first — a VPN crackdown could be nextwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1239arrow-down1external-linkOnline age checks came first — a VPN crackdown could be nextwww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·14 hours agoVery easy to write “except businesses” in legislation
minus-squareneon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoIn American anyone can run a business as a sole proprietor. So that would essentially invalidate the law. They would probably code the language to ban people selling access to a vpn, but not stop you from running your own.
minus-squareNOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 hours agoTime to spin up a small business I guess
minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 hours agoIf businesses are people then people are businesses.
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·14 hours agoThem I am a business. Sorry pal.
minus-squareSkankhunt420@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoI know dude, literally everyone ignores this. Its like an ostrich putting it’s head in the sand.
minus-squareWolfmanEightySix@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoWhen do governments do anything clever when writing legislation or laws or whatever?
minus-squareCriticalMiss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 hours agoCommercial VPNs are businesses too :)
Very easy to write “except businesses” in legislation
In American anyone can run a business as a sole proprietor.
So that would essentially invalidate the law.
They would probably code the language to ban people selling access to a vpn, but not stop you from running your own.
Time to spin up a small business I guess
If businesses are people then people are businesses.
Them I am a business. Sorry pal.
I know dude, literally everyone ignores this. Its like an ostrich putting it’s head in the sand.
When do governments do anything clever when writing legislation or laws or whatever?
Commercial VPNs are businesses too :)