VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at 'age-gate'

Re:VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at '... by pjc50 on Saturday June 20, 2026 @01:29PM (#48611101)

Requiring ID (which is what age gating is) for VPNs is absurd. Given that SSH can act as a proxy service, are you going to require all ssh connections out of the country to be age verified?

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Re:VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at '... by oliwarner on Saturday June 20, 2026 @01:39PM (#48611204)

Facial modeling has been good enough for porn.

I'd be surprised if the law requires much beyond a vague best effort from service providers, but many already block connections from known server hosts and some even VPNs.

An airtight block is not what's required; stopping social media being mainstream for kids is.

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Re:VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at '... by Scaled on Saturday June 20, 2026 @03:07PM (#48611997)

Lol, no. Face scans are being bypassed using video games. Meanwhile the data has shown 90%+ porn users are unwilling to do them and switch sites instead (citation: https://pornbiz.com/post/17/the_scam_of_age_verification ). The whole thing has been a complete fiasco in porn.

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