I'm not sure how anybody thinks this is going to work. It seems to imply a massive misunderstanding of what VPNs are and how they work. I mean, I can stand up a Pi at my brother's house in Nevada and there's no way any service is going to be able to detect that. Even if I'm using VPN service like Proton, the sites I'm going to can't tell for certain where I'm coming from. Honestly, this is just a beat my head against my desk level of stupid.
“Even if you're well-intentioned and want to comply with this law, it's nearly impossible to do so,” EFF’s Rin Alajaji told KUER 90.1 NPR Utah. “Our worry here is that this opens the door to other states and other countries to start creating these unworkable mandates.” https://www.kuer.org/politics-government/2026-05-07/utahs-online-porn-age-verification-law-now-includes-vpns-critics-say-it-wont-work