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Use of VPNs to bypass age checks on porn sites to be investigated by Australia’s eSafety watchdog (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 65 points 4 months ago (6 children)

This bullshit age verification doesn't solve anything. All it does is bring circumvention measures to users' attention and they go around it. Then these idiots wonder why it didn't work. It is a pointless, wasteful exercise.

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  • [–] 21 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    It is not meant to solve anything. It is just yet another step on the way to collect data and control people on the internet.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    It is 100% to collect data and correlate online activities with a real person. Its sole purpose is to track and control people. Billionaires will stop at nothing to suck more riches out of the working class and poor.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    Oh, I assume it will also increase fraud. Lots of dodgy sites will ask for ids and/or credit card details to verify age. I wouldn't trust them without a vpn, age verification or not. Edit: typo

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