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Unfortunately criminal/fraudulent/unsocial activity also occurs almost elusively behind a VPN, you might not be doing such things, but websites can't tell if yo
by slivanes 5y ago
Unfortunately criminal/fraudulent/unsocial activity also occurs almost elusively behind a VPN, you might not be doing such things, but websites can't tell if you're not one of those people.
- gunapologist99 5y agoUnfortunately criminal/fraudulent/unsocial activity also occurs almost exclusively in certain neighborhoods. You might not be doing such things, but no one can tell if you're not one of those people.
- jl6 5y agoThis is one of the reasons why insurance premiums vary by zip code.
- treesknees 5y agoI'm not sure what you're trying to add to the conversation. Companies and network providers implement regional and country blocking all the time. My company doesn't do business with anyone in China, so they block IP addresses associated with China. It's not insinuating racism or profiling of the people, but it's well-known that certain areas of the world have bad actors. If you're trying to somehow set an example of where it's OK in one context and not OK in another, that's really not a fair comparison.
- supertrope 5y agoWhile ZIP correlates with race and other federally protected classes, using a VPN is not an immutable feature.
- will4274 5y agoZIP isn't an immutable feature either, it's used as a proxy for many features, some immutable.
- wizzwizz4 5y agoIn the real world, we solve this issue with “protected classes”. Maybe we should have an internet equivalent? (Inb4: yes, the philosophy and circumstances behind protected classes are different. However, it's relevant prior art.)
- sodality2 5y agoThis would require identification of rogue "protected" users, to kick them out, thus ruling out using any sort of blind verification and ruining online privacy for those using it. And naturally, it's marginally more convenient while being extremely detrimental to privacy, thus it'll be popular, thus services will eventually block non-"protected" users, thus ruining the internet even more.