Lawmakers Propose VPN Bans to Enforce Age Verification Laws
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Summary
Lawmakers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and other states are proposing to ban Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) as a response to people using them to bypass age verification laws and protect their privacy. The article criticizes these legislative efforts as misguided, arguing that politicians don't understand the technology they're trying to regulate and that such bans would harm privacy, security, and legitimate business uses of VPNs while being largely ineffective at achieving their stated goals.
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Their solution? Entirely ban the use of VPNs.
Wisconsin lawmakers are escalating their war on privacy by targeting VPNs as a response to people using them to bypass age verification requirements.
The proposed legislation demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of how VPN technology works and its legitimate uses for privacy and security.
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