Re:UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
by chatmasta on Monday January 26, 2026 @05:40AM
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It’s a lot more difficult to do this anonymously than it is to use a VPN. You almost certainly need to provide payment information and often also identity verification.
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Re:UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
by embedding-shape on Monday January 26, 2026 @05:44AM
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Probably about the same, there is a lot of VPS providers out there, and not a small
amount accepts basically an email + cryptocurrencies without any further verification than that. And that's just on the clearweb, going beyond that you start having even more options.
Re:UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
by chatmasta on Monday January 26, 2026 @04:47PM
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Yeah, although the smaller providers, the sketchier they are. I'd rather use a VPN in a pool of thousands/millions of users. As a data point, I can signup for Proton VPN by downloading it to my iPhone and providing any email address. Without any payment, I can connect to VPN servers and browse anonymously ("anonymously"). This is certainly easier than provisioning a new VPS, not least because I need to pay for it.