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Unfortunately I cannot change the title, but this one would be the most accurate: "Using a VPN to bypass a GeoIp block could become a criminal offence under Lin

• nobody9999 5y ago
  >Unfortunately I cannot change the title, but this one would be the most accurate: "Using a VPN to bypass a GeoIp block could become a criminal offence under Linkedin's CFAA interpretation" I'm a little confused by that interpretation of the specific case in question (Hiq Labs v. LinkedIn). IIUC, LinkedIn isn't doing GeoIP blocks (AFAIK, the San Francisco bay area is not being blocked by LinkedIn, just HiQ Labs' IP range). What's more, HiQ Labs is scraping publicly available content. Most GeoIP blocking (such as Netflix/BBC, etc.) is done to keep subscribers from accessing content that the provider isn't licensed to provide in the location where the connection originates. Even more, accessing such content even if you are in a location where that content is available requires a login (i.e., isn't publicly available) to access that content. I don't see a parallel here. As such, I'm not sure how the result here (either way) could impact the use of VPNs more broadly. Then again, IANAL and may well be missing something. If you'd expound on your reasoning around this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Edit: Fixed typo.