The children's commissioner for England tells the BBC virtual private networks are a "loophole that needs closing.

Being pushed for a technologically illiterate ex headteacher as usual.

      • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        17 days ago

        And what about all the companies that use VPNs? Do they just shut down because the government made them illegal?

        One thing I know about my country is that companies rule what happens and so this would never happen.

        If you don’t believe me, then feel free to educate me on how you would do this and countries that have already succeeded.

        Furthermore you can disguise VpN traffic as regular old HTTPs traffic.

        • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          21·
          17 days ago

          illegal

          What’s that got to do with corporations?

          you can

          The people making these laws wouldn’t care if they understood, wouldn’t undersrand if they knew, and absolutely aren’t interested in knowing. Basically ever.

        • Venia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          11·
          17 days ago

          And what about all the companies that use VPNs? Do they just shut down because the government made them illegal?

          Just literally told you how. One line. Easy. Just declare VPN usage illegal for the common plebeian or when not credentialed with a company that is reporting to the government. Ez pz.

            • Venia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              1·
              16 days ago

              The purpose of a ban is not necessarily to 100% remove use. A law can not, by definition, make something happen or not happen (think eg.: speed cap in traffic law). It does give the lawhandler permission to remove your rights if you are “found” to be infringing.

              • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
                1·
                16 days ago

                Indeed and many countries have tried from China, Iran, UAE, to Russia and North Korea. Yet none of them have succeeded and as shit as my government is I can’t see them wasting time and energy going this route when it has never worked.

                As I said previously even if you could block the VPN ports and stuff it’s a trivial task to obfuscate your VPN traffic as regular HTTPs traffic.