The mandatory verified-identity infrastructure being built into every layer of the internet. KYC, age verification, biometric checks, anti-anonymity legislation etc.
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Welcome back to another video. Governments are beginning to discover a massive problem with online age-verification laws, pretty obvious, but VPNs make location-based restrictions extremely difficult to enforce. That has led politicians and regulators to increasingly describe privacy tools as a “loophole”. But the privacy industry is beginning to fight back!! Proton, Mullvad, Mozilla, the Tor Project, the EFF, ExpressVPN, and other digital-rights organizations have joined forces to warn that weakening or restricting VPNs would damage online security, undermine anonymity, and make the internet less safe for everyone.‼️‼️ This video covers: the growing international VPN crackdown, age-verification circumvention rules, proposals to restrict VPN access, VPN companies pushing back, Proton and Mozilla’s privacy campaign, Mullvad and Tor joining the resistance, the EFF’s involvement, why VPNs are being labelled a loophole, rising VPN adoption after age-check laws, the security risks of weakening encrypted tunnels, app-store and operating-system age signals, the expansion of age verification in the United States. 📌 Chapters: 0:00 - Intro / The war on VPN software 0:41 - The UK Online Safety Act 1:49 - Why age verification requires tracking your location 3:18 - California and Texas 4:53 - The surge in VPN downloads and what it reveals 6:37 - Why censoring privacy tools creates cybersecurity risks 8:03 - Outro 📚 some interesting articles relating to this topic. https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/proton-tor-mullvad-expressvpn-and-mozilla-among-the-19-organizations-urging-the-uk-government-not-to-undermine-the-open-web-as-childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-bill-becomes-law-a-move-that-could-infringe-human-rights https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/proton-ceo-warns-global-age-verification-push-will-mean-the-death-of-anonymity-online https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.05273 alt-titles: VPN companies are finally pushing back age verification just created a VPN rebellion the VPN crackdown just created a rebellion --- 🎙 my gear (amazon associate): ► Microphone - https://amzn.to/4rKPtcE ► Mouse - https://amzn.to/4ubkQyJ ► Keyboard - https://amzn.to/4rP41rE ► Earbuds - https://amzn.to/4u9ARoX ► Main Monitor - https://amzn.to/4aQsqr1 ► Mousepad - https://amzn.to/40bl5w0 ► XLR Interface - https://amzn.to/4aRwVSc If you made it this far, here is a fun fact... apparently trying to stop VPNs is one of the fastest ways to convince more people that they need a VPN, kinda worked for me honestly.