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The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online. (www.eff.org)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online.::Congress has resurrected the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that would increase surveillance and restrict access to information in the name of protecting children online. KOSA was introduced in 2022 but failed to gain traction, and today its authors, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and...

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[–] demlet 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They plan to make VPNs illegal.

[–] DarkDiamondK 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I already sail the internet seven seas, I don't mind breaking another law

[–] demlet 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not an expert by any stretch, but couldn't they force your ISP to just shut off your internet if you use a VPN? Maybe I don't understand how it actually works well enough.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They could implement restrictions to block VPN traffic. But that would be repealed as fast as it came when these very congressmen would phone angrily their district on why they can work from their million dollar home anymore.

Support: Sorry VPNs are now blocked and you cannot work remotely without them

Congressman: Who are the idiots that voted for these laws

Support: Well, you and your friends

[–] demlet 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ha, and you don't think Congress would write in an exception for them and their wealthy donors? I'm surprised anyone in the US believes fairness is on the table anymore.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

There's money to be made by requiring VPN companies to meet minimum requirements that few companies can actually meet or are willing to. Backdoors for example.

[–] ilmagico 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that actually in the bill, or are you just saying this could be the next move?

[–] demlet 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More like a next move. If I remember correctly, there was language in the TikTok bill a while back that would have effectively made using a VPN illegal. Maybe I'm misremembering that. I have no doubt there are people who want to make it happen.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Companies relay on VPN to allow remote work while protecting their IP. But maybe it’s only about VPN to/from foreign servers.