Next week, Utah will become the first state in the nation (to our knowledge) to target VPN use to avoid legally mandated age-verification gates. They won't create a safer internet, only a significantly less private one. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/utahs-new-law-regulating-vpns-goes-effect-next-week
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@eff It's pathetic that people put up with such ignorant lawmakers who don't respect your privacy and want to inflict their "morals" on everyone living there.
this goes against the the 4th and 5th Amendments, and other privacy laws.
Get a warrant, or get out of my computer.
@eff Is there a way to still be untrackable on the internet that the law hasn't accomplished?
@eff don't forget about the data they take.
@eff So time for a tor browser, relays, spinning up a system in the cloud. Betting there are lots of options. Seems like all the adults won't have a clue but their kids will figure it out.
Is ssh considered a VPN?
