“Please verify your age”
Please fuck off.
Age verification lands in Italy − here’s how it affects VPN users
Submitted 2 days ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.world
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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 days ago
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 2 days ago
But I need to keep track of you so I can better control you!
BeerEnjoyer@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
The noose tightens. After this crap was implemented in the UK, half of the country should be up in flames in protests. But it wasn’t so other countries took note and felt confident doing the same thing.
pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 2 days ago
The headline is vert clickbaity : it does not affect VPN users (the law forbids age-gated websites from promoting VPNs as a circumvention), and the whole article is just an ad for VPNs
damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Didn’t read the article, as you said it’s just an ad for VPNs. But one way this affects VPN users is that now you can’t VPN into Italy to use a service without hitting the age verification prompt. That just sucks!
pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 1 day ago
This would have been a (if not the only) good point to make in the article considering the title. But I guess this would have taken space away from ads
snipingsnipe@piefed.social 1 day ago
Tbh I would generally welcome a VPN-industrial-complex as long as it doesn’t result in a small ring of big names lobbying for systematic monopolistic dominance as to crush anything that doesn’t require PII… but I’m sure commercial and state interests would converge :/
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Vote stupid far rights, get stupid far eight policies.
IllNess@infosec.pub 2 days ago
This is sickening. Restricting access should be done at the ISP level and should be opt-in for those with kids. A password can be set by the parent.
We all really know this is about control.
thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Not at the ISP level, at the DNS/hosts file level.