A lot more than you know, I knew how to use it since middle school.
Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill
KonnaPerkele@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
This kinda proves that it was never about the children. How many children have know how and the means to buy a VPN subscription?
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Anivia@feddit.org 1 day ago
We’re you never a child? I formatted my family pc and reinstalled windows in 5th grade, and used a VPN to circumvent the schools online filter in 7th grade.
Children are not as stupid as you seem to think
KonnaPerkele@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Where there is a will there is a way, I guess.
Still, a possible ban on VPNs affects way bigger group of business and adult users than the number of tech savvy kids.
Where should the line be drawn? How much rights should everyone have to give up so that little techie Billy can’t hack his way to see some titties?
Bluewing@lemmy.world 1 day ago
All it takes is one big brother/sister that knows how to access a free or paid VPN and their 5 year old little sibling and all their friends will have it also. Despite the difficulty teaching them math or history, they DO learn very quickly and are fast to figure out new things that interest them.
Do you know what’s smarter and more talented the the UK government?
14, 402, 544 kids…
Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I started using a VPN after my friends/classmates told me about them in my Sophomore year of HS, mostly to get around the Wifi banning us from accessing certain apps (social media). Now, like all the other dumb kids, I used whatever they recommended, which was some shitty “Free” VPN that was probably stalking my data. But by Senior year, I smartened up and learned about online privacy and got myself a Proton VPN subscription after using the free version for a bit.
So yeah, I could totally believe middle-school and up are using VPNs, cause that’s what we literally did.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 day ago
Still an important part. Free VPNs that spy on you are a thing, but work
flyingsquirrel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
ProtonVPN has a free tier as well and it’s legit AFAIK.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 day ago
One of the rare ones