The UK government will implement a “Porn Ban” nationwide on July 15, restricting access to online pornography for under 18s and those without age verification. The announcement was made after being consistently mooted for the last four years. Despite insisting that the new checks will be “rigorous”, no mention was made of how the system will be managed. The UK regulator responsible for issuing age classification certificates and in some cases censoring film and video content, is the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) which has admitted that it is “not a silver bullet” as even the most mildly tech-savvy teenager can circumvent it using a virtual private network (VPN) which create ghost accounts on networks overseas.
VPN software made by Mindware, the firm behind some of world’s biggest porn sites, is now free and can be downloaded from most smartphones and tablets.What this does do is pose a problem about security and the lack of detail in the UK announcement suggests that British authorities have probably not completely thought through the practical technical issues...
VPN software made by Mindware, the firm behind some of world’s biggest porn sites, is now free and can be downloaded from most smartphones and tablets.What this does do is pose a problem about security and the lack of detail in the UK announcement suggests that British authorities have probably not completely thought through the practical technical issues...
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