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>>doomro+(OP)
Age assurance will be the gateway to government issued(via corporate proxy) internet usage permits.

>>krunck+67
Not necessary, Uganda has been levying social media taxes on end-users since 2018 by automatically adding it to your cell phone bill if you access a social media website. About 2.7¢ per day of usage.[1]

Virtually everyone gets their internet from an ISP that is regulated in the country that the user lives in. There are no technical barriers to implementing a permitting system in the United States.

Linking connections to real people is self-enforcing when there is a usage-based tax.

[1] https://www.africanews.com/2018/04/13/uganda-s-social-media-...

>>jjmarr+bb
Do you happen to know what the answer of this scheme to "I have a wireguard connection to another country, you can't see my traffic" is? I know that enough of the population would never bother so it wouldn't significantly harm it as a revenue scheme, but if your goal is avoiding identification rather than taxation then the stakes could be high enough to make the effort worthwhile.

>>regula+ng
> Do you happen to know what the answer of this scheme to "I have a wireguard connection to another country, you can't see my traffic" is?

WG traffic is easily identifiable and able to be blocked, it's what happens in countries that ban VPNs.

>>heavys+Pi
At that point something along the likes of shadowsocks would be more effective, and the question still remains.

>>prophe+UE
I think the answer is that it's likely illegal if someone can prove an intent to defraud or commit a theft of service, but the chances of getting caught may be small depending on your technical ability/OPSEC.