Online Safety Bill Etc

[RichardCoulter]

As the UK consults on whether to age-restrict VPNs to prevent minors from bypassing age checks, Mozilla warns regulators that doing so "would undermine the privacy and security of all users," while failing to protect kids:


https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-pr...o-protect-kids

[Carth]

This stuff is going to drag on and on, ending up with the same outcome as a someone at Leeds station waiting for HS2 to arrive.

[damien c]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

As the UK consults on whether to age-restrict VPNs to prevent minors from bypassing age checks, Mozilla warns regulators that doing so "would undermine the privacy and security of all users," while failing to protect kids:


https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-pr...o-protect-kids

Well considering they don't need a VPN to get around the checks, there is no point.

All they need is, as it turns out is a photo or black pen.

Follow the money and the people forcing it, you will see what the OSA is truly about, and it's got absolutely nothing to do with protecting children and all about control over every aspect of our lives, and this is not conspiracy before any thinks that, this is well known already that some of the companies involved, are making billions, wanting more cameras, trackers and data collection systems in place, as well as global restrictions to stop countries residents being able to communicate freely and easily.

[Carth]

Seen this eventually coming years ago, which is why I have minimal social media presence and pay cash where I can.
You can't escape it, but you can make it difficult for them

Some people seem to like living in a fully automated data center though