LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checkswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square347linkfedilinkarrow-up11.05K cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up11.05Kexternal-linkUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checkswww.tomshardware.comLuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square347linkfedilink cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days ago Could they not also just selectively ban all Utah-based IPs? No. Because VPNs redirect traffic from the site to a third party to Utah, in order to disguise the location of the original request
No. Because VPNs redirect traffic from the site to a third party to Utah, in order to disguise the location of the original request