Even with an association of an identity to a VPN provider, there is no one-to-one correspondence between a person and an IP address.
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greatwhitepapertiger@lemmy.zip 22 hours ago
This has nothing to do with porn or protecting children. It’s a backdoor way to attach names and faces to VPN usage so movie and music studios can sue specific people for torrenting. They failed in bringing lawsuits previously because they couldn’t pin point the piracy to specific individuals. I would bet money that the ministers leading this charge have ties to groups in the movie and music industry. The UK will be the testbed before the full rollout in the EU and then worldwide.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
greatwhitepapertiger@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
True but that at least gives them a start point to try a prosecution that they didn’t have before. It also depends on if the VPN provider responds to a subpeona request or national/international jurisdictions.
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 22 hours ago
This is a lot bigger than the entertainment industry now. Creeping fascism and the trillion dollar surveillance capitalism industry are hellish bed buddies.