2026-01-28 17:39 UTC
@CosmicCactus@mastodon.social @jonah@mastodon.neat.computer I'd like to see any sort of regulation try to document exactly what a VPN actually is
Ban all VPNs? OK, but what about private VPNs businesses use for remote workers, or site to site VPNs for inter-office connectivity?
OK, ban "public VPNs"? well, OK, but someone could set up a basic wireguard tunnel to any server they have and that would be private.
OK ban any VPN that isn't on a list of approved VPN software? Ha, good luck with that.
It's an absolute mess of a regulation that would be impossible to enforce. And I have my popcorn ready.
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@fencepost@infosec.exchange 2026-01-28 17:58
@paul@notnull.space @CosmicCactus@mastodon.social @jonah@mastodon.neat.computer you're missing that the vagueness is a *feature*. It's not that it would be hard to enforce, it's that it'd be *expensive to defend against* and the UK government has plenty of recent history of lying in court and railroading people (as do most governments to be fair)