The children's commissioner for England tells the BBC virtual private networks are a "loophole that needs closing.
  • toad31@lemmy.cif.suEnglish
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    14 days ago

    What a VM? What’s a server OS? How do I log in? What the fuck does sudo apt mean? What is docker? Now I’m editing files? A peer? What’s wireguard?

    So many of you are disconnected from regular people because you’re chronically online.

    • Liam Mayfair@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      14 days ago

      If kids have learned to run their own Minecraft private servers, hosting a VPN should be child’s play… Pun maybe intended.

    • LinyosT@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      13 days ago

      You say this as if people are utterly incapable of learning.

      Anyone can learn anything of they’re given a good enough reason to want to learn.

      • Honytawk@feddit.nlEnglish
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        13 days ago

        Sure, but if they need to learn, it isn’t a 5 minute operation.

        I too can go to space in 10 minutes, if I already did all the training and get a space shuttle from NASA.

    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      14 days ago

      what’s a VPN? what’s a VPN app? how do I log in? what the fuck does a tunnel mean?

      kids somehow figured these out. they’ll be able to figure out their selfhosted VPN too. at least more of them might find an interest in tech instead of consuming on brainrot platforms.

      sunbeam didn’t describe it very clearly but it can be described in a way that its just following instructions without even having to understand it. like something like this: “register here. click this to get a free cloud server. log in to the server like this. paste this command and hit enter. install this app on your phone. tap import and scan. point your phone to the qr code on the screen.”