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Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing (www.eff.org)

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[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 58 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's as if the USA and UK are locked in a perpetual "hold my beer" moment with their legislation.

Then again, Europe is also pushing some boundaries with it's chat snooping laws.

A bad time to be an internet user really...

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[–] ADTJ@feddit.uk 25 points 9 months ago (1 child)

I feel like a lot of my European (EU citizen) friends are commentating from some high horse but in reality I feel European lawmakers are just watching how this plays out before deciding to follow suit.

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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

They're trying to introduce backdoors to various chat programs right now, so they're likely going to be guilty of the same invasion of privacy soon.

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