Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/51791249

Do the government ministers understand that setting up your own VPN is literally a 5 minute operation.

Hire a droplet VM, pre-installed with a server OS. Log in with provided credentials. sudo apt install docker Copy/paste a docker compose file that sets up a wg-easy container. Create a peer. Take a picture of the provided QR code. Connect to the server via a wireguard app. Done.

What a VM? What’s a server OS? How do I log in? What the fuck does sudo apt mean? What is docker? Now I’m editing files? A peer? What’s wireguard?

So many of you are disconnected from regular people because you’re chronically online.

Yes plan law makers needs to have a clue on what they are making laws about. Teenagers looking for porn are going to learn.

The same teenagers that don’t even use computers with physical keyboards?

I’d wager less than 1% of the minors affected by this will learn how to proxy through a VPS.

I just deployed a few VM on my phone, not even a tablet. It’s not that hard nowadays with websites being designed primarily for smartphone users
They just got a motivation.

So all this does is create a black market for tech. People with the knowledge of how to set up this technology will provide it as a service for those who don’t.

It’s the same as trying to outright ban drugs. Those who can provide for those who cannot (for a fee).

It makes these kids easy marks for malware.