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darknavi 3 hours ago

> When Utah's Senate Bill 73 goes into force on May 6, websites subject to the state's age verification law will be legally barred from explaining how to use a VPN to get around age restrictions.

This will definitely work. It sounds like it's time for some "How not to use a VPN" articles.

https://www.grapecollective.com/prohibitions-grape-bricks-ho...

hellojesus 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How is this not a 1A violation?

mmh0000 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It very likely is, but someone is going to have to pay lawyers tons of money and wait for years for it to go through the courts to stop it.

rootusrootus 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Time to go chuck a few bucks at the EFF...

ButlerianJihad 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Because you also cannot counsel anyone on how to rob a house, or steal a car, or commit arson.

You can teach them how to start a fire, and fire safety rules for the home, and you can teach them how to secure their cars and point out common vulnerabilities, but you can't actually counsel people on how to commit a crime or do something illegal.

Well, you can and I guess that is your "free speech" but the judge is also going to show you the schedule of fines and penalties.

hellojesus 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sure. But that means you can't make it illegal for a site to show you what a VPN is, how to use it, and explain that one shouldn't use it to circumvent a law but could, right?

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dylan604 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

yet there are plenty of sites with written or video instructions on how to pick a lock.

ButlerianJihad 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Picking a lock is not necessarily illegal. You could be a locksmith in training; you could be picking your own locks. You could be just in a lab or a classroom or a manufacturer that does this stuff.

Kim_Bruning an hour ago | parent [-]

You could even be a lawyer! https://www.youtube.com/@lockpickinglawyer

nine_k 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

More seriously: what good an age restriction is if it can be circumvented by a VPN?