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411 points donpott | 2 comments | 22 Aug 25 10:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.418s | source
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ionwake ◴[22 Aug 25 18:45 UTC] No.44988233[source]▶
The next step I assume is banning VPN use for anyone under 18 in the UK, followed by only allowing academics or certain roles to use them.
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oblique ◴[22 Aug 25 18:57 UTC] No.44988410[source]▶
Banning VPNs seems effectively impossible. Any ip address can act as a vpn. There are also zero identity providers like mullvad.
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1. bhelkey ◴[22 Aug 25 20:38 UTC] No.44989525[source]▶
In the UK, ~55% of traffic comes from mobile [1]. The UK could approach Apple and Google and ask them to remove VPNs from their respective app stores when opened in the UK.

I imagine this would curtail a large proportion of mobile VPN usage.

Blocking desktop VPNs would be a bit more adhoc but it is possible to make it much harder for many people to download VPN clients.

[1] https://www.digitalsilk.com/digital-trends/mobile-vs-desktop...

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2. jjani ◴[23 Aug 25 09:16 UTC] No.44994575[source]▶
Watching sports for cheap using a "dodgy firestick" or similar hardware is incredibly popular in the UK to watch sports for cheap even among those not tech-inclined, despite obviously being illegal. I'd predict the same to happen here, quickly you'll see plug-and-play boxes that will route their home wi-fi traffic through a VPN, and most people will have a mate of a mate who sells them for a few tenners.