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Re:The UK's Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law by throwaway290 on Sunday October 29, 2023 @05:25AM (#38056963)
> But everyone is now supposed to register with a third party probably non government institution to access the internet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Wait, you could have internet connection (land line or mobile) without IDing yourself in the UK before? But how would you pay for it?

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Re:The UK's Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law by MarcusE1W on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @07:30AM (#38083165)
Without going to much into this, e.g. I am sure you have used free Wifi in a Café before ?
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Re:The UK's Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law by throwaway290 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:40AM (#38084652)
Don't know of many cafes offering wi-fi that doesn't require registration via SMS or something.

But just use same logic, surely you can similarly ask someone else to validate age for you when you register just like you could use someone else's connection. Maybe even there will be grey market for this

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