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Texas SCOPE act takes effect Sunday. How does Lemmy comply? (www.click2houston.com)

submitted 2 months ago by FarFarAway@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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"The SCOPE Act takes effect this Sunday, Sept. 1, and will require everyone to verify their age for social media."

So how does this work with Lemmy? Is anyone in Texas just banned, is there some sort of third party ID service lined up...for every instance, lol.

But seriously, how does Lemmy (or the fediverse as a whole) comply? Is there some way it just doesn't need to?

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[-] protist@mander.xyz 84 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I live in Texas, and can confidently tell you the people writing these laws have no fundamental concept of what the internet is or how to implement or enforce such a law for consistent adherence.

I can also tell you with confidence this law will be wielded with impunity against specific companies/sites our corrupt, petulant AG decides to go after. Fuck Ken Paxton.

As far as users in Texas, this is nothing a VPN can't fix.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago

They think it’s a big truck that you can just dump something on

[-] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

That was Alaska

[-] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Is there a way to put a VPN on the router, so that all devices are covered?

[-] Zedd00@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 months ago

Absolutely. Most "travel routers" have openvpn installed on them. I have one router set up with my normal internet, and another with a full time vpn'd connection. The VPN router was like $60.

They're also great to have when traveling. It connects to whatever random wifi, and all of your devices show up as a single device. You turn off the VPN to connect to your hotel's capture portal, then turn it back on and all of your devices have secure internet.

[-] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Is there a particular VPN router that you suggest?

Also, is there a subscription fee or something for the VPN usage?

Thank you so much for the info!

[-] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Find OpenWRT compatible routers

[-] Zedd00@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

I'm using the gl.Inet 1200 off Amazon.

There is a monthly fee for your VPN account. I use nordvpn, but there are a ton of options depending on how much you want to pay and what you need.

[-] Resonosity@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That's an amazing idea. I had no clue this was a thing. I would imagine openvpn is free?

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