<![CDATA[EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster]]>EU calls “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a disaster

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9f19ca74-25cd-4182-aed2-46b6d51d93a2/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push-https-cyberinsider.com-eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push-if-they-meddle-it-will-be-a-privacy-disasterRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 07:19:37 GMTSat, 09 May 2026 10:07:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 12:33:06 GMT]]>@glynmoody @Gargron That article is bullshit.

Thom, exceedingly pure (@thomholwerda@exquisite.social)

This article is 100% bullshit and entirely not supported by the linked document. The bullshit article: https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ The actual entirely reasonable, detached, fact-based summary of the current state of affairs without any value judgments: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2026/782618/EPRS_ATA(2026)782618_EN.pdf I'm tired boss.

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Exquisite.social (exquisite.social)

The linked document is just a summary of the views of different groups, without any committal statements on behalf of the EU.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://exquisite.social/users/thomholwerda/statuses/116544633973093897https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://exquisite.social/users/thomholwerda/statuses/116544633973093897Sat, 09 May 2026 12:33:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 12:27:22 GMT]]>@DJGummikuh hmmm

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glynmoody/statuses/116544611426282298https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glynmoody/statuses/116544611426282298Sat, 09 May 2026 12:27:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 12:27:13 GMT]]>@mahype it's an old trick

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glynmoody/statuses/116544610863417268https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glynmoody/statuses/116544610863417268Sat, 09 May 2026 12:27:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 12:27:04 GMT]]>@riaschissl that's true, but doesn't justify undermining the good ones too...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glynmoody/statuses/116544610288450120https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glynmoody/statuses/116544610288450120Sat, 09 May 2026 12:27:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 12:26:07 GMT]]>@Padjo it's something many eu governments have said they want to do, not just here...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glynmoody/statuses/116544606564208690https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glynmoody/statuses/116544606564208690Sat, 09 May 2026 12:26:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 12:25:01 GMT]]>@Catha indeed

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glynmoody/statuses/116544602189433673https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glynmoody/statuses/116544602189433673Sat, 09 May 2026 12:25:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 12:08:27 GMT]]>@glynmoody
Close it and I might go off all the way.

🤔 Lot of nice things I can do with the money I am saving ment to be for a new laptop and new cellphone... Buy a new letterbox to start with. 😁

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.es/ap/users/116470545577856272/statuses/116544537086699671https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.es/ap/users/116470545577856272/statuses/116544537086699671Sat, 09 May 2026 12:08:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 11:59:12 GMT]]>@glynmoody

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Karma_J/statuses/116544500671822262https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Karma_J/statuses/116544500671822262Sat, 09 May 2026 11:59:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 11:17:20 GMT]]>@glynmoody "This fundamental privacy tool is a loophole!"
– European Parliamentary Research Service

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/lazysupper/statuses/116544336054291074https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/lazysupper/statuses/116544336054291074Sat, 09 May 2026 11:17:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 10:49:38 GMT]]>@glynmoody Ugh what horrible outrage bait. A research body in the European Parliament has one sentence in an otherwise fairly balanced discussion paper and the headline implies Ursula Van Der Leyen is threatening to shut down NordVPN.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Padjo/statuses/116544227127187198https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Padjo/statuses/116544227127187198Sat, 09 May 2026 10:49:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 10:40:35 GMT]]>@glynmoody IDK ... commercial VPNs are big in marketing "privacy" when indeed they often do quite the opposite. Many if not most of those VPNs are operated by quite shady (and state affiliated) businesses, and trusting them with anything "private" seems to be quite strange.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/riaschissl/statuses/116544191577338083https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/riaschissl/statuses/116544191577338083Sat, 09 May 2026 10:40:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 10:34:01 GMT]]>@glynmoody Abusing child victims to push through your own vision of total surveillance. Sounds familiar... 🙄

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.g5k.de/ap/users/116544058234391233/statuses/116544165764462664https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.g5k.de/ap/users/116544058234391233/statuses/116544165764462664Sat, 09 May 2026 10:34:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 10:31:00 GMT]]>@glynmoody the solution is simple - just disconnect the "european internet" from the world. Has shining examples in Iran, Russia, China and North Korea. All the prime vacation destinations \o/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DJGummikuh/statuses/116544153876146720https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DJGummikuh/statuses/116544153876146720Sat, 09 May 2026 10:31:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to EU calls #VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push - https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ if they meddle, it will be a #privacy disaster on Sat, 09 May 2026 10:30:07 GMT]]>@glynmoody a fascist loophole (age ver) needs to remove liberty to operate as a fascist loophole, yeah, sure

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