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It does render the original advice somewhat moot though doesn't it.
Just use Mastodon, except of course that won't work, oh I don't care then.
That's true. But there isn't any advice that will work against such totalitarian practices and be legal at the same time. Either you circumvent the law with some VPN, or you relinquish your right to privacy.
The VPN route won't work with sites like Blue Sky, as they've already bent to the state so you won't have privacy there, even if your face or ID isn't in their database.
I don't think circumventing the restrictions with a VPN is illegal. It's one of those dumb laws where everyone just has to basically play along but everyone knows it won't achieve anything.
This from the government that routinely leaves laptops on trains, with post-it notes stuck to them as to what the password is (this is not hyperbole they have actually done this).
I think that was the Johnson govt? Was a while ago now? Or more recent? Can't find anything after 2021 myself