Jesper LundDec 10

The Danish government is using the upcoming Christmas break to slip through a public consultation for a draft law that would make it an OFFENCE to use a #VPN to access content that would otherwise not be available in Denmark, or to circumvent the blocking of "illegal" websites. https://hoeringsportalen.dk/Hearing/Details/70858

This is done under the guise of ensuring a technologically neutral implementation of Directive 98/84 on pay-TV decoders (hint: the IP address is NOT a conditional access device).

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Show threadJacobDec 10
@je5perl sigh.. I wonder how they intend to enforce that. Whole point of using for example a VPN is that it won't really be possible to trace what a specific user accessed.
Show threadJan PenfratDec 10

@jacobbaungard @je5perl Oh no, this is really shit. If passed, it would allow the Danish government to argue that deep packet inspection #DPI for the discovery and blocking of #VPN traffic is needed, and then you have a Danish #GreatFirewall.

Curious to hear what Danish businesses would say to that?

Show threadJacobDec 10
@ilumium @je5perl so far they don't say they want to limit VPN usage in general I think, "just" that it is illegal to use that as a method to access blocked sites / geo restrictions / age verification etc.
Show threadJesper Lund

@jacobbaungard This is very unclear from the proposal.

Wordings "with the purpose of getting unauthorised access to.." (suggesting a specific infringing use, which is already unlawful) AND "can be used to get unauthorised access to.." (suggesting the possibility of unlawful use is enough) are used interchangeably in the draft law.

The provision itself, currently limited to pay-TV decoders, criminalise distribution and possession of conditional access control circumvention as such. @ilumium

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Show threadJan PenfratDec 11

Thank you for the clarifications @je5perl, maybe I should have said "might" rather than "would," as I am being over-anxious. From what you describe this sounds indeed similar to previous attempts to outlaw other "circumvention" tools like the TV decoders you mention or like freeing ebooks.

Thank you for keeping us updated.