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Utah becomes the first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs (web.archive.org)

posted 68 days ago by theaustrianpainter 68 days ago by theaustrianpainter +45 / -0

Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent...

Senate Bill 73 holds websites liable for users who mask their location.

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– kalerg_plan 1 point 67 days ago +1 / -0

The advantage of a VPN is masking your identity. If you tried to torrent movies on your buddy's connection, he'd get the legal notice and probably turn you in.

Now if you were doing something serious like whistleblowing...

It's trivial to make your own VPN, but that isn't the hard part.

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