<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>794CD01</author><text>The headline is sensationalized and inaccurate.&lt;p&gt;The actual law reads:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;“Whoever uses a fraudulent computer network protocol address (IP address) by using a false address or a third-party address by any other means for the purpose of committing a crime or preventing its discovery, shall be punished by temporary imprisonment and a fine of no less than Dhs 500,000 and not exceeding Dhs 2,000,000, or either of these two penalties.”&lt;p&gt;Key point being &amp;quot;for the purpose of committing a crime or preventing its discovery&amp;quot;. It&amp;#x27;s a way to throw the book at people already committing crimes. Rather than being outraged at this, it would be more appropriate to focus on the things that are crimes and should not be, like their moronic VoIP laws.</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>UAE introduces federal law banning the use of VPNs to access blocked services</title><url>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/if-you-get-caught-using-vpn-uae-you-will-face-fines-545000-1572888</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>jswny</author><text>Does anyone know how this affects foreigners? A relative of mine is a pilot and flies to Dubai a few times a month usually. She always uses a VPN to watch Netflix while she&amp;#x27;s there. Is she at risk?</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>UAE introduces federal law banning the use of VPNs to access blocked services</title><url>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/if-you-get-caught-using-vpn-uae-you-will-face-fines-545000-1572888</url></story>