Comment on On January 1st of 2026, Texas will be required to give ID to download apps from the app stores. It doesn't matter if it's NSFW or not.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m sure those will be illegal by the end of 2026

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I mean, good luck. I’ve seen some noise about demanding VPNs be registered by individual. Even that’s going to rub a lot of tech bros the wrong way, so don’t hold your breath.

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    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      How would you even enforce this?

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      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Exactly

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  • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The oligarchs use VPNs to make their corporations function. They won’t be made illegal. Blanket banning all VPNs in America leads to an instant grinding halt of all commerce.

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    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No no, illegal for CITIZENS to use. I’m sure they’ll have a licensing requirement allowing their use for corporate entities of course.

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    • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Because this regime has never selectively enforced anything before….

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    • user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I am sure you can rewrite it in some way.

      “Software and services proxying traffic destined to public internet through another countries or states”, perhaps.

      But from the lack of brain matter I’ve seen so far they’ll either:
      a) Require blocking of ports 1194 and 51820
      b) Manage to make routing illegal

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  • Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If you didn’t have anything to hide, why do you need a VPN? /S

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