Re:TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse
by Bud on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @11:44PM
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Could we please have a source on the bill making it illegal to use a VPN?
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Re:TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse
by bioemerl on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:13AM
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There is no source, it doesn't make it illegal to use a VPN. It makes it a legal to use a VPN to bypass the restrictions in the law.
The intended idea is that you can't do business with tick tock and if you do try to use things to bypass that so you can do business with them, you get to face the fines.
It's not intended as a broad generic surveillance bill, and it's not intended as a means with which to ban all VPNs.
Re:TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse
by neogodless on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:18AM
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Work backwards.
If getting around this bill is illegal, and the bill is to be enforced, how do we know if someone is trying to get around the new law?
If we do not know what's going on within a VPN, how do we know the law is being obeyed?
How do we find out how everyone is using a VPN?