The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”.
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The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification.
A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.
Following in the steps of its big brother across the Atlantic, huh?
Another country to stay the hell away from. Duly noted.
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How that would be enforced with VPN suppliers in other countries will be interesting to see.
I suspect some of them will tell the UK.GOV to fuck off, which is the correct response.
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange
Well I certainly will.
So sick of websites throwing hissy fits if you are using one.
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@petealexharris @mullvadnet I hope you're right, but I wouldn't count out Reform and the rump of the old Tory party getting over the line.
@GlasWolf @mullvadnet
The only reason I'd call that unlikely is the same reason there's any danger from Reform at all: we don't have PR.In a first-past-the-post system, the two far right parties are going to be parasitising and splitting each other's votes in most constituencies.
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@GlasWolf @mullvadnet
The only reason I'd call that unlikely is the same reason there's any danger from Reform at all: we don't have PR.In a first-past-the-post system, the two far right parties are going to be parasitising and splitting each other's votes in most constituencies.
I'm setting myself up for the most naively optimistic prediction followed by the most crushing disappointment aren't I?
Anyway...
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@mullvadnet curious timing. just about an hour ago I forged and verified my first zero knowledge proof that can tell the verifier that proof holder was born before a certain timestamp (aka. older than N years) at the same time reveling absolutely (!) nothing about proof holders, not even those who authorize it.
@dotfox @mullvadnet why are you working on tech to help the Nazis?
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The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification.
A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.
@mullvadnet
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@alexanderdyas @hypolite @mullvadnet I like that idea.
It feels like politicians (and those that advise them) always pursue the worst technical solution to a problem. The "problem" of end-to-end encryption is another area where there's no shortage of political ideas that would cause more problems than they'd solve. -
The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification.
A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.
@mullvadnet@mastodon.online ah yes, Labour
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The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification.
A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.
Let me guess - the verification will be done by Palantir? Really not enjoying feeling like I’m living in Alan Moore’s fever dream
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The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification.
A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.
@mullvadnet Well this was unfortunately absolutely foreseeable after their previous law about age restriction and the following VPN usage surge... Doesn't make this any less bad, however.
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@alexanderdyas @hypolite @mullvadnet
It's not just IT specific. It's human rights/freedoms issues. But then the UK doesn't have much of a constitution that would be protected from simple parliament majorities IIRC?
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The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification.
A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.
@mullvadnet Reminder this is only a consultation but I deeply worry about passing any of this by using secondary legislation. I call on everyone in the UK to get involved in the consultation when it starts and tell them why this is a bad idea and support groups pushing back on this.
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The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification.
A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.
Age verification for VPN doesn't make sense. Why shouldn't children use VPNs?
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@mullvadnet
How can the people in U.K escape being victims of such a policy that's slowly taking away their freedom?@nuwagaba2 @mullvadnet Both join, and vote for, the Green party.
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@mullvadnet jesus fucking mosley
@Kierkegaanks @mullvadnet if only mosley could see this he’d be so proud he’d shed a tear
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The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification.
A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.
@mullvadnet The people don't do anything about this, which means the people are OK with it.
In any case, Russia won. No need to invade: UK and the rest of Europe are slowly becoming Russia.
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@alexanderdyas @hypolite @mullvadnet lmao
Listening to the advice of civil servants in their areas of expertise
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@alexanderdyas @hypolite @mullvadnet lmao
Listening to the advice of civil servants in their areas of expertise
You are a card!!@alexanderdyas @hypolite @mullvadnet ironically I have to connect to the civil service VPN every day to do my job...
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@GlasWolf @mullvadnet
The only reason I'd call that unlikely is the same reason there's any danger from Reform at all: we don't have PR.In a first-past-the-post system, the two far right parties are going to be parasitising and splitting each other's votes in most constituencies.
@petealexharris @GlasWolf @mullvadnet just as the socialists have for the last 80 years
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The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification.
A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.
@mullvadnet Me: "I mean generally you pay with a credit card anyway so they already know who you are, unless you're using..."
*looks at who posted this*
Oh. Yeah that's who I was thinking of. xD
