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Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools and should not be undermined – Open Policy & Advocacy (blog.mozilla.org)

submitted 3 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seriously, though, when you work in IT, you constantly use VPNs as basic infrastructure, just to connect devices into larger networks. It is such a fundamental technology that the Linux kernel – the core of the operating system – ships an implementation (WireGuard).

Trying to regulate that is akin to regulating cables. Sure, cables can be used to access things you might not want. But good luck writing a law that prohibits the use of cables only specifically for the things you don't want, without being so complex that it results in tons of bureacracy for all kinds of organizations.

And even then, it would necessarily lead to legitimate use-cases being prohibited, because you often cannot, and really should not be able to, see the traffic that users send over the infrastructure you provide them.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There's a difference between what you're talking about and the types of VPN they're talking about banning. They can easily ban the exchange of money in return for encrypted proxy services.

Don't be naive, the use of VPN's in IT doesn't protect us.