The "Technology Secretary" is actively investigating it[0].
reply[0]: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/new-vpn-...
Apologies for the youtube shorts link, but Liz Kendall was on LBC yesterday talking about VPNs:
replyhttps://youtube.com/shorts/WvHl3G6KojI
I believe they're "doing research" into it, which basically means they don't understand how any of it works.
When they realise their social media ban for children doesn't work
replyhttps://stateofsurveillance.org/articles/government/uk-lords...
replyIt mostly happened already and it's in motion.
They said so. "Nothing is off the table" was the quote, iirc.
replyThink of the children that will bypass all of the "protections" recently adopted by the UK.
replyHow would they even do that? A VPN is just a remote machine. Anything can be a VPN
replyLike in Russia
reply - drop wireguard / OpenVPN packets crossing the country border
- analyze https traffic to detect traffic patterns not matching https fully and block such connectionsAnd some including mullvad already accept payment in crypto, there will always be some dodgy VPN company in some dodgy jurisdiction that will take your BTC in exchange for an account.
replyI don’t think that will stop them trying though