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So like I just found out that Utah literally tried to ban VPNs and honestly this is wild fr. Apparently they passed this law that was supposed to go into effect on May 6th but then got delayed until September 3rd after Aylo (the parent company of Pornhub) basically said nah bro we cant enforce this. Here's why this affects me personally and why Im lowkey stressed about it. I live in Utah and I use a VPN literally every single day for work. My company has me accessing sensitive data remotely and I need the encryption to keep everything secure. But now with this law hanging over my head I'm genuinely worried about what happens in September when they try to enforce it again. Like what does this even mean for regular people like me who just want privacy? Am I gonna get in trouble for using a VPN? Is my ISP gonna snitch on me? The whole thing is confusing and honestly kinda scary no cap.

Not gonna lie this whole thing finally pushed me into using a VPN daily. I was just trying to browse normally a few nights ago and suddenly sites started asking for ID verification and facial scans like bro what 😭 no way I’m uploading my personal info just to access random websites. Ended up downloading a VPN after seeing everyone talk about it and apparently downloads are going crazy right now because a lot of people are doing the same thing after the new UK and EU rules started rolling out. What’s wild is governments are now calling VPNs a loophole and talking about cracking down on them too. Kinda feels like the harder they push this stuff the more regular people start using VPNs out of spite lol

I’ve been looking into privacy stuff recently and every tech channel keeps pushing VPN sponsors like it’s mandatory to have one now. I understand the basic part where it changes your IP and encrypts traffic on public wifi but some ads make it sound like you become invisible online which can’t actually be true right. Like websites still know who you are if you log in and your browser still stores cookies and all that so I’m trying to figure out what VPNs realistically protect against versus what’s just advertising hype. Not hating on them btw I’m genuinely trying to understand why so many people swear by them