Age verification

Ergates

molerat said:

It will simply stop sensible adults from visiting the sites but set a challenge to the demographic they want to stop.

Children also find ways to get hold of cigarettes and alcohol, but that doesn't mean we should remove the age restrictions from them.

GDB2222

I was visiting  friends overseas. One evening, there was a party, and the main topic of conversation was which VPN was best, so that they could watch their favourite soaps on British TV.  I’m not talking about teenagers, but 80 year old great grandmothers. Very tech savvy. 

Vitor

With ever more intrusive surveillance in the UK it's now essential to stop your DNS queries being manipulated by using DNS encryption. Check if your router supports DNS-over-TLS to the main resolvers such as Cloudflare, Quad9, Google etc. rather than your ISPs and switch it on.

DNS over TLS vs. DNS over HTTPS | Secure DNS | Cloudflare

B0bbyEwing

molerat said:

I have just been to a site that required age verification, clicked the VPN and site opened as normal.  Just as well VPNs are beyond the scope of the average 13 year old to understand 

I tried 2 out that I imagined would require age verification. 

I didn't have my VPN turned on. 

The websites functioned as normal. 

GDB2222

B0bbyEwing said:

molerat said:

I have just been to a site that required age verification, clicked the VPN and site opened as normal.  Just as well VPNs are beyond the scope of the average 13 year old to understand 

I tried 2 out that I imagined would require age verification. 

I didn't have my VPN turned on. 

The websites functioned as normal. 

A truly noble experiment.

Newcad

Well with my forum moderator hat on I tried some this morning.

P-hub had the new age verification turned on as expected.

The other 7 or 8 I tried didn't, just the 'Click here if you are over 18' box got you onto the site.

I'll admit that I didn't go further to see if they would throw up age verification if you tried to watch or download content, because the aim of age verification is to not let you onto the site without it.

My Conclusion:

The 'very big name" adult websites such as P'hub are being careful to comply because they know they are being watched by the media (and the regulator but I'm betting they are more concerned about media image).

Others, (even those with pretty big names in the sector) are simply continuing as they were before.

HillStreetBlues

The first three p0rn sites I went too there was no restrictions, would have tried more but thought four hours of research was enough.

Vitor

ProtonVPN reporting UK registrations up by 1,400%

PocketWatchMan

A gentle reminder, to be vigilant about who and where to give your personal ID to. Particularly online.

Many big companies use a "trusted 3rd party" to perform ID and photographic checks, usually (though not exclusively) over a camera or mobile device. They claim they do not retain these for any longer than necessary, and that your data will be perfectly safe. However, news from sites that monitor the dark web, has shown in the last couple of days that neither of the above are necessarily true.  A number of data breaches being reported. At least one site is reported to have put ID scans & photo verification images on a public cloud not a private one, and of course now it's all gone.

HillStreetBlues

Vitor said:

ProtonVPN reporting UK registrations up by 1,400%

It's now the top free app in the UK beating ChatGPT  NordVPN has increased by 1000%
https://www.ft.com/content/356674b0-9f1d-4f95-b1d5-f27570379a9b (might be behind a paywall, but isn't for me)