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Court rules Utah VPN law technically unworkable
Original: Court agrees with EFF: Utah's VPN law demands a technical impossibility https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/court-agre
A court has sided with the Electronic Frontier Foundation in its challenge to Utah's VPN law, agreeing with the group's argument that the statute requires something technically impossible to implement. The ruling is being shared widely in technology and privacy communities, where critics have long argued the law would force VPN providers to verify ages in ways no system can reliably do. Supporters of the law have not yet detailed their response.
Why now: The ruling is a significant win for digital privacy advocates challenging state age-verification and VPN regulation.
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- Court agrees with EFF: Utah's VPN law demands a technical impossibility https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/court-agrees-eff-utahs-vpn-law-demands-technical-impossibility # HackerNews # Tech # Privacy · hackernews@robot.villas · 3
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