• Chewy
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    3 days ago

    Businesses using VPNs is an entirely different matter. It’s possible to outlaw VPN services or rather make them usable for piracy. E.g. requiring VPN providers to know who their users are and providing info to law enforcement wouldn’t impact businesses at all.

    A similar example are emulators: Depending on how laws are interpreted it’s entirely possible that there’s no way to legally emulate Nintendo Switch. This wouldn’t prevent Nintendo or any other company to emulate their own hardware.

    Outlawing encryption unless your a politician is also something which gets brought up from time to time. Laws are full exceptions.

    TL;Dr
    There’re many ways to outlaw only a specific use case without