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UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
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Prominent backbench MP Sarah Champion launched a campaign against VPNs previously, saying: “My new clause 54 would require the Secretary of State to publish, within six months of the Bill’s passage, a report on the effect of VPN use on Ofcom’s ability to enforce the requirements under clause 112.

"If VPNs cause significant issues, the Government must identify those issues and find solutions, rather than avoiding difficult problems.” And the Labour Party said there were “gaps” in the bill that needed to be amended.

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[-] Flamekebab@piefed.social 65 points 1 month ago

Best of luck with that, idiots. How are you planning to tell the difference between my personal VPN and my work VPN?

[-] kingofras@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Well we just fire you, and the one you’re still using then must be your personal one!

[-] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

He means, how is the government supposed to tell the difference between personal and work vpns.

[-] Darth_Lemmy@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

he just answered your question. maybe read it again

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Next step: ban on remote work.

[-] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

It's not just remote work. All our manufacturing sites use to VPN connections data centres. It would cripple manufacturing on an epic scale if they were instabanned.

[-] snowfalldreamland@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Either just banning remote work or more realistically you'll need a permit for running a vpn server. Permit pricing starting at 100k a year

[-] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

How many small businesses can afford such permit? Hell, I'd argue that even bigger companies will have a problem paying for that.

Also, what if I just connect to a vps overseas and set my exit point there? Will they ban vps too? This is gonna be so much fun to see from the outside

[-] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

They wouldn't consider such rational things

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