The UK might genuinely be more fucked than the US is in certain ways. Your new overlords will probably hold onto power better than any one group in the US, meaning while we will deal with decades of internal strife that could even result in civil war, you’ll be living under totalitarianism more complete that will probably last longer. Your elites seem far more united than ours will probably be.
Since they broke off from the EU it seems they floated all the way to China.
Can they not simply instruct UK ISPs to block connectivity to TOR, etc? Not a power user so likely missing something.
No, they can’t.
Isn’t this part of the same amendment that will make government spyware mandatory on all devices? So does that mean that part passed as well? VPNs are not the most concerning part here yet that’s the only bit that seems to be getting reported
The “CSAM requirement” is that any relevant device supplied for use in the UK must have installed tamper-proof system software which is highly effective at preventing the recording, transmitting (by any means, including livestreaming) and viewing of CSAM using that device
So that means mandatory spyware and effectively makes alternative OS’s/unlocked bootloaders illegal
tamper proof system software
Lol, tell me you’re an ancient idiot with zero understanding of computers without telling me that you are an ancient idiot with zero understanding of computers
So that doesn’t exist and is basically pretty much impossible
Then, how about Linux? That goes exactly against the point of why Linux exists in the first place.
So no more Linux computers then? No more Linux servers, then? No more IoT devices?
That rule is bizarrely dumb. Not just bad, just dumb dumb dumb.
So in other words, a perfect law to come from the UK government!
They’ll get a surprise when they realize they just made every server in the UK illegal and stopped the economy. But perhaps “relevant devices” are only those owned by the plebs.
Tor browser it is
Honestly this Is 100% a silver lining, as more governments crack down on freedom tor and I2P will get more users, more development, better features, and more services and tools available through them. This is a win in this small area.
- TOR
- Just getting vps hosting and installing wireguard on it.
- I2P
- Yggdrasil
- AmneziaWG
We got this fam
Don’t forget I2P
Are labour doing a speedrun to give reform the next government?
They already have. Now they’re rolling out the red carpet for them by setting up totalitarian controls for them to abuse.
Well it’s not like there are any glaring examples on the world stage of exactly how this combo can cause your country to plummet very rapidly into misery and violence from which it won’t recover.
Why do they want this so badly.
Surveillance. Control of all messaging. Consolidation of the british internet into government friendly hands.
The age verification law caused the collapse not only of smaller websites unable to afford to perform the necessary checks, but also of LGBTQ resources, support communities for bullied and abused children. Force ID verification, make it easier to track people across the internet. VPNs make it possible for british people to circumvent those ID checks, so now they have to go.
They can’t stop Tor, which is run by volunteers is free to use and cannot steal or log your data – which VPNs can
Tor has its own problems and is not infallible.
Tor gets better the more people run nodes. The main danger with Tor is that someone can control enough nodes to analyze traffic back to its source. The best insurance against that is loads of independently run nodes. I2p is less convenient than Tor but actually a little more secure against that kind of traffic analysis I believe.
That’s fucked up. Inb4 they make meshnets illegal too.
Yes, grab your meshtastic (or similar) gear now before you can’t any more.
These powerful people don’t need VPNs for their pedophilia, terrorism and privacy.
This is what you respond when they ask what you have to hide.
No free access to information or private conversations. That could cause issues for the people in power.
This will be used against the citizenry.
Someone tell them 1984 wasn’t a manual.
Who knew that real-life Big Brother would turn out to be as dreary and limp as Keir Starmer?
When have Brit fascist knobheads ever been anything but dull wet blankets?
Some of them are frog-faced loudmouth wankers.
Badenoch promises an immidate ban for under 16s… Wow!
How exactly?
Ah right, tory magic
