Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill
then_three_more@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoHow many small businesses can afford such permit? Hell, I’d argue that even bigger companies will have a problem paying for that.
Feature, not a bug.
They want people back in offices to help landlords and property prices. This way they can say that remote work is not banned and it’s just companies choosing not to buy a permit and offer it.
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I work from office and i regularly use a vpn at work to connect remotely to devices that are not physically with me. Not to talk about companies that provide remote assistance and use them to connect to their customers devices.
Remote work is just a byproduct of vpns, but not the real reason why you use them at work.
then_three_more@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You think given how well thought through this online safety act has been that they’ll understand that would be an issue and legislate accordingly?
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Absolutely not, of course. I’m just hoping they try to enforce this so a shitstorm of proportions only seen in the brexit will ensue.
One thing we must acknowledge to these idiots is how much effort they put on showing the world the consequences of extremely stupid acts so the rest don’t have to do it.
then_three_more@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Kinda sucks to be the world’s policy alpha tester though.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
VPN ban risks pushback from their billionaire masters. Multinational corporations don’t want to deal with anything that could hurt profits.