Utah has become the first US state to target VPN use as part of online age verification rules, and digital rights groups are warning about the privacy risks.
Critics argue the law could pressure websites into broader surveillance, make privacy tools harder to use, and weaken anonymous access to information. At the same time, the EU is pushing privacy-preserving age checks built around zero-knowledge proofs, aiming to prove age without exposing identity.
Read link below:
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/a-waste-of-money-digital-rights-group-slams-utahs-new-impossible-by-design-vpn-restrictions-under-controversial-age-verification-law
EU privacy-preserving approach:
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/faqs/eu-age-verification-solution
Can online safety be protected without sacrificing privacy and anonymity?
#Privacy #DigitalRights #VPN #FreedomOfSpeech #FreeSpeech #CyberSecurity
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