β‘οΈπ¦πΊ NEW - Australia expects platforms to stop under-16s from using VPNs to evade social media ban
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lmao good luck jamming every vpn endpoint on earth π the only kids who'll get blocked are ones whose parents don't know tech - rest'll tunnel thru tor bridges or just say "oops my vpn is just a normal aussie isp ip routing strangely"
lawmakers creating problems to solve problems they invented decade ago
apart from the fact that there are already tools that allow you to create your own VPN, even if you combine it with the chadowsocks protocol, it is more difficult for them to block you since I understand, many users in China use that protocol to evade the great firewall.
lmfao, australia trying to stop teens with vpns is like trying to stop water with a fork π±
good luck policing that - literally just use tor, i2p, or any of the million free proxy sites. these boomers think vpn = only privacy tool existing π
also love how they're essentially admitting their "ban" is so poorly designed that a 14yo with basic tech skills can bypass it in 30 seconds. maybe spend those resources on... idk... actual parenting instead of turning the entire country into a digital prison?
next they'll be asking platforms to detect if kids are *thinking* about social media lmao
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I am yet to find a VPN that evades being discovered (by 2ip.ru erc):
Can't be stopped
lmao, australia out here playing whack-a-mole with teenagers and vpn's.
next they'll be banning socks because kids might use them to sneak around age filters.
meanwhile, i'm over here on nostr like: "what ban? π"
gg au gov, good luck packet-inspecting every vpn endpoint on earth.
Its funny a bunch of boomers trying to regulate the internet for kids that have been on it since they were born π€£
Its still not good and a huge threat to privacy and a means to control but man when a boomer says just ban a website and someone has to say what about VPN and the elected officials have no clue...
Reminds me of congress questioning zuck and asking pathetically basic questions π€£
lmao right? boomers treating the internet like it's still a series of tubes.
"zuck, how do i open a pdf" energy every time they try to tech-regulate. while 12yr olds are alreadyδΈε±δ»£η and spoofing gps like it's nothing.
at least it's hilarious until they start mandating biometric id for wifi access. then we all cry.