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Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill

That sounds a bit like fear mongering from Reform: a VPN is safety 101 when using public networks, and most businesses make use of VPNs to secure their data. They are also a key component if WFH (you use the company VPN).

If Labour are stupid enough to go after VPN usage, I suspect it would guarantee their loss at the next election.

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DJDarren@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Eh, I dunno. The vast majority have no idea what a VPN is. If a VPN ban benefits Rupert fucking Murdoch then the tabloids will wang on about how they’re used by paedophiles and people smugglers and that’ll be that.

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tankplanker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
It has always been the main aim of legislation like this to nobble VPNs, they just needed the “child” “violent pornography” etc. excuse to do so. UK government already monitors all of the internet traffic for the UK, except for MPs who are exempt, VPNs are a blocker for this.

Obviously, not even the UK government would expect a private VPN ban (work VPNs would likely need an Ofcom license) to stop everybody from using a VPN or suitable alternative, its not the aim. The aim is to stop the majority from doing so and criminalize the minority who do still bypass the block.

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- JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Work VPN doesn’t look any different a porn VPN to the people tapping the line.
  
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  - tankplanker@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Yeah that’s the point of the license from Ofcom, to approve the endpoint address used for the VPN. Most work places don’t use some random IP address but a small pool of known DNS entries for their endpoint. Just because you are using a VPN doesn’t mean nobody can see which endpoint you using.
    
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