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Re:List of online activities to be made impossible by the UK... by austin-cheney on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:56AM (#36920895)
Why isn't VPN to an out of country relay a solution?

At any rate situations like these are what partially motivated me to write something like this: https://github.com/prettydiff/share-file-systems/blob/master...

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Re:List of online activities to be made impossible by the UK... by OJFord on Saturday July 29, 2023 @11:17AM (#36921090)
I assume:

1) we're talking about the legal situation, not what would be physically possible;

2) that it applies to citizens, not server location (otherwise affected companies wouldn't be saying they'll exit the UK market, they'd just serve UK users from a further away but friendlier 'edge')

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Re:List of online activities to be made impossible by the UK... by tm2t on Saturday July 29, 2023 @11:18AM (#36921099)
I don't think it would be legal either since VPNs require encryption, too. Maybe some kind of proxy?
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Re:List of online activities to be made impossible by the UK... by b800h on Saturday July 29, 2023 @11:22AM (#36921135)
It's important to distinguish this from the encryption provisions of the bill. This part of the bill is distinct and means that social sites will need to verify ages of users and fill in lots of forms while they're at it.
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Re:List of online activities to be made impossible by the UK... by tm2t on Saturday July 29, 2023 @11:28AM (#36921198)
I see. Thanks for the explanation :)
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Re:List of online activities to be made impossible by the UK... by loufe on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:47PM (#36923238)
...for now.
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Re:List of online activities to be made impossible by the UK... by rovr138 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @11:05AM (#36920971)
Costs would be one. That’s yet another cost you have to take on.
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Re:List of online activities to be made impossible by the UK... by yuumei on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:21PM (#36922999)
Because of cloud flare and the like. If you have spent any time on a VPN you know the issues with captchas destroying the internet
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