They’d have to keep it for businesses. So I guess next headline: number of uk sole traders jumps by 1400%.
Comment on A popular VPN is seeing a 1,400% spike in signups as the UK's age verification law takes effect
lerky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Enjoy it while you can. VPNs and encryption in general are next.
then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 day ago
lerky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Indeed. No doubt it’ll be the usual “rules for thee, not for me” situation. It’s only us peasants that don’t deserve privacy or security after all.
tuoret@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Also it’s only a viable solution as long as there are countries that don’t have age verification laws. 10 years from now there’s going to be a very busy VPN endpoint somewhere in Antarctica.
It’s a bandaid fix that doesn’t address the actual problem.