nixCraft 🐧Jul 28, 2025

VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in https://archive.is/GWdx5

No shit, Sherlock!

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incoming ban on VPN 3..2….1

Or worse every VPN user needs a KYC 🤔

Show threadWGJul 28, 2025
@nixCraft I assume you do not mean Know Your Customer/Client. Clue please what KYC means in this situation.
Show threadnixCraft 🐧Jul 28, 2025
@wgarmil https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer
Know your customer - Wikipedia

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@nixCraft Oh... the instances of KYC I have encountered in computer programming revolve around requirements gathering, know what the customer (user) actually needs us to implement and test that works in a specific way. I didn't think about it from a financial standpoint and anti-laundering.
Jul 28, 2025 at 5:43pmWeb
Show threadRześkiJul 28, 2025
@wgarmil @nixCraft KYC is already in place in British telecoms - if you want to purchase a phone number in the UK (e.g. in Twilio), you need to fill out KYC data with regards to identity and address