UK to introduce porn age checks in July

Posted by g-erson on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @07:59AM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47960775

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Re:UK to introduce porn age checks in July by fabricexpert on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @08:51AM (#19682065)

How will this work?

The ideas in the article are dumb, approximately 0 people will upload their passport to a porn site or go and buy a pass from a newsagent.

The article makes out that VPN’s could be made illegal at some point, that’s not even technically possible. It’s like legislators have no clue what this stuff is.

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Re:UK to introduce porn age checks in July by ChrisRR on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @08:11AM (#19681813)

Now just watch everyone move to the less trustworthy sites that are full of malware, and the people who register get their information stolen.

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Re:UK to introduce porn age checks in July by PeekPoke on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @08:29AM (#19681908)

Plenty of free sites out there that don't need registration, also VPNs.

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Re:UK to introduce porn age checks in July by ChrisRR on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @09:50AM (#19682516)

That don't need registration yet.

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