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

muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Selfishly, I think this is great for I2P/Snowflake/Tor. The incoming legitimate traffic helps to protect all users.

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• Pacattack57@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Honest question but what makes you think that would happen? Do most businesses use VPNs?

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  • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    VPNs are one of the core security measures of all large companies.

    VPNs aren’t just a “hide your IP” tool, they’re a way of giving someone access to an organisation’s internal network. Sensitive servers such as databases, wikis, scheduling tools etc don’t have publicly exposed IPs, they only have connections that are accessible from inside that VPN. See also en.wikipedia.org/…/Defense_in_depth_(computing)

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    • Blemgo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not only that, but they are crucial for network security. VPNs allow all network traffic (with a few necessary exceptions) to be routed through the company’s network and benefit from its security measures, mainly monitoring traffic for suspicious and malicious behaviour. Without it, finding compromised PCs is much harder and enforcing company policies regarding web use would be impossible outside the office.

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  • Mamdani_Da_Savior@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have never worked for a company that didn’t utilize VPNs.

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  • itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I work in consulting. I have a VPN for my company and also for each client

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  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Damn near every business uses VPN technology. They literally cannot exist in the modern world without it. It would be incredibly expensive and impractical to do without.

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  • ArtVandelay@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have no less than 7 VPNs installed on my work laptop, and I work for one single company.

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The UK has long championed writing legislative checks that their emaciated state infrastructure can’t cash.

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• LinyosT@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If they do outlaw it will likely be banned solely for non-business use for this reason alone.

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  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If only I could start my own business….

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    • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      become a sole trader with no assets, no expenses but still a business. Sorted!

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