2026-06-16 12:46 UTC
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@iamlayer8@mastodon.social 2026-06-16 12:58
@angusm@mastodon.social So UK children will be taught how to circumvent age verification? That’s at least a good motivator.
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@mackaj@mastodon.me.uk 2026-06-16 13:10
@angusm@mastodon.social 😂
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@oemb1905@gnulinux.social 2026-06-16 13:14
@angusm@mastodon.social 🤔
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@misjavanlaatum@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-06-16 13:34
@angusm@mastodon.social wouldn't this make VPN solutions the biggest juicy surveillance vector ever?
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@j_g_fitzgerald@c.im 2026-06-16 13:44
@angusm@mastodon.social 🤣🤣🤣
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@Cadbury_Moose@wandering.shop 2026-06-16 13:50
@angusm@mastodon.social ROFL I really must look into setting up a VPN for Chez Moose. Being a grumpy old git of a moose (old enough that even the supermarket ladies don't ask me for age verification when buying beer), all this nonsense is extremely irritating. 3:O#>
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@titia@toot.community 2026-06-16 14:32
@huntingdon@mstdn.social @angusm@mastodon.social that *is* exactly how they will learn to use VPNs.
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@guigsy@mstdn.social 2026-06-18 13:43
@huntingdon@mstdn.social @angusm@mastodon.social
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@DanielMReck@mas.to 2026-06-16 13:53
@angusm@mastodon.social So uh, without a #VPN, your ISP can potentially view all your web traffic, right? With a VPN, aren't we just substituting who can potentially view all your web traffic? Instead of the ISP, it's the people at the VPN that can view it? The "just use a VPN because #privacy" crowd never seems to explain how one would choose a #trustworthy and #secure VPN.
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@FSonder@mastodon.ie 2026-06-16 14:02
@angusm@mastodon.social Pure bollox
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@tezoatlipoca@mas.to 2026-06-16 14:03
@angusm@mastodon.social This is the best characterization of this I've read. Lovely.
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@the5thColumnist@ottawa.place 2026-06-16 14:09
@angusm@mastodon.social The Law of Unintended Consequences
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@hiphopheaven@mastodon.social 2026-06-16 14:24
@angusm@mastodon.social With the rise of autocratic governments The uk is literally turning into an autocracy with weaponization of terrorist laws and having deal with evil comoanies like Palantir
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@lunarloony@dosgame.club 2026-06-16 14:31
@angusm@mastodon.social Just because our government is so questionable at the best of times... this *is* satire, right?
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@MuhammadFreeSoftware@fosstodon.org 2026-06-16 14:34
@angusm@mastodon.social First, they ban children from social media, then they teach them workarounds?
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@hoco@sfba.social 2026-06-16 14:38
@angusm@mastodon.social I think they are doing to criminalize what should be a human right, access to the internet. By making it a crime, they can force kids to become criminals and lose some of their freedom and their rights. Get 'em while their young and they might never break free.
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@Sassinake@mastodon.social 2026-06-16 14:43
@angusm@mastodon.social /S
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@Kerplunk@mastodon.scot 2026-06-16 14:59
@angusm@mastodon.social "With the rise of autocratic governments worldwide, VPN-literacy is more essential than ever.” said one expert, “This bold project definitely comes at the right time.” Starmers next project, the great british Firewall, inspired by Putins actions, all oversea cables will be cut, starlink usage banned. What the twits are doing is to allow those who can afford starlink free internet access while restricting and dumbing down the rest of kids and youth. Let it rain brains in westminster
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@canleaf@mastodon.social 2026-06-16 15:13
@angusm@mastodon.social Democrats/labour/whatever won't stop until every device is locked down and everyone is registered with Palantir.
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@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange 2026-06-16 15:22
@angusm@mastodon.social The use of alternative operating systems and social media platforms, without algorithms, will also be on the sylibus. Projects involving Linux, Graphine OS and Federated social networks are expected before the end of 2026 😉
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@Agonio@social.vivaldi.net 2026-06-16 15:23
@angusm@mastodon.social they'll also return to use Bluetooth, like the old times!
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@scozmos@mastodon.scot 2026-06-16 15:27
Despite the fact that the majority of Gov.t IT projects are utter failures@angusm@mastodon.social
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@Yorkshiregeek@mastodon.social 2026-06-16 15:28
@angusm@mastodon.social I honestly wouldn't put it past any government to use it as a long game to ban VPNs too
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@Black_Flag@beige.party 2026-06-16 15:28
@angusm@mastodon.social Bravo sir. Bravo.
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@VogueLaGalere@mastodon.online 2026-06-16 15:34
@angusm@mastodon.social Let the UK government teach them #meshtastic for middle school, then #Reticulum for upper school and they would have to build their own units. They might learn something along the journey.
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@artwaw@c.im 2026-06-16 15:43
@angusm@mastodon.social I am looking forward to having this conversation with my son: “Boy, it’s time we had The Talk” “The sex one?” “No, the VPN one”
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@aka_quant_noir@hcommons.social 2026-06-16 15:56
@angusm@mastodon.social If these sites restrict their age verification to a specific country, which is not what they want to do, then yes, VPN use will become the thing to do. Or use TOR. Hopefully some countries will ban age verification. That will have interesting consequences.
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@SomeVeganCheeseIsOk@mastodon.social 2026-06-16 16:11
@angusm@mastodon.social now we need to ban vpns because THINK OF THE CHILDREN. It's *definitely* not the responsibility of the *parents* to enforce safe internet use.
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@gbsills@social.vivaldi.net 2026-06-16 16:12
@angusm@mastodon.social And there is no way these children will use VPNs to get around the new social media ban.
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@drwho@masto.hackers.town 2026-06-16 16:16
@angusm@mastodon.social Crack is a hell of a drug.
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@huntingdon@mstdn.social 2026-06-16 13:52
@angusm@mastodon.social Trying to figure out how Keir Starmer's govt will reach 10 million children, to teach them the importance of using VPNs, when it also intends to ban their social media access -- the purpose for much of their use of the Internet -- until they're sixteen.
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@bedifferent@mastodon.social 2026-06-16 17:48
@angusm@mastodon.social There's a problem. I've used proton's VPN. Initially (last year) I used it to check government sites (in PA) and I couldn't get in the website. VPN was quickly detected. Other websites, just landing on one would block me (substack.com had many issues with it). While VPN sounds nice, it's not foolproof so don't count on it. My subscription to proton ends in September and so will VPN. Good luck UK! Utah has already banned VPN. https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/utah-vpn-law-sb73-age-verification-may-6-effective-date-2026/
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@Edelruth@mastodon.online 2026-06-16 18:15
@angusm@mastodon.social The Onion could not have described it better. 👏
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@VE3RWJ@mastodon.radio 2026-06-16 18:17
@angusm@mastodon.social LOL is this from The Onion?
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@nohaironheed@mastodon.scot 2026-06-16 18:47
@angusm@mastodon.social On Good Morning Britain this morning, Liz Kendall said they will 'be looking at the issue of VPNs', so that'll be all the free VPNs banned next.
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@kate@hai.z0ne.social 2026-06-16 19:52
@angusm@mastodon.social ..sure, but what about age verification that way? nope or the VPN they will bring on is poisoned with spying malware? In which case it is so great to have a major percentage of children and minors brought into mass surveillance? Which poses enough risk when you think about it.
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@gimulnautti@mastodon.green 2026-06-16 20:32
@angusm@mastodon.social I have the feeling that Gen-X is saying exactly the things about ”social media and kids” now that their Boomer parents said about Punk Rock and Heavy Metal when they were kids. 🤔 It’s for the same reasons too, control. But this time it’s not just a nuisance; but a genuine structural handing over of power to a small rich elite. 🤨
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@Hypnoctopus@mastodon.social 2026-06-16 20:35
@angusm@mastodon.social What VPN are they teaching them to use?
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@zackrobbin@mstdn.social 2026-06-16 20:45
@angusm@mastodon.social wow a lot of people are not getting the joke
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@Dragon@toast.dragon2611.net 2026-06-16 21:26
@angusm@mastodon.social you do however need somewhere left to host said vpns