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Mozilla warns UK: Breaking VPNs will not magically fix Britain's age-check mess
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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I wouldn’t be surprised if banning VPNs was the real goal of the law.
The whole goal is to track every single person's activity on the internet and VPNs get in the way, so that too.
Go offgrid
I shouldn't have to leave the internet, they are the ones who suck!
That is impossible without a China-level snooping apparatus. And even then it’s only partly possible. This is law made by dumb people.
Totalitarian regime speedrun