…but were unable to make work.
Let’s hope the security employed by the contractor who submitted the lowest bid to run the service is the best money can buy
Porn website age checks introduced in Louisiana – BBC News
I have discussed this with a number of other cyber security professionals and none of us can see how it would be effective at stopping children accessing unsuitable content. The immediate problems are:
- Using a VPN could defeat easily defeat the home county laws.
- Children will lie about their age, and misuse parent’s credit cards – how many under-age users of other social media platforms are there?
- It will be easy to google the work around.
- It creates a really juicy honey pot of personal information that every hacker will try and break into. Again; let’s hope the security employed by the contractor, who submitted the lowest bid to run the service, is the best money can buy!
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
Smart Thinking Solutions supports this UK Government initiative:
Let’s stop abuse together – Stop Abuse Together (campaign.gov.uk)
Further Reading
Online Safety Bill articles (Smart Thinking Solutions)
Online Safety Act publications – Parliamentary Bills – UK Parliament
UK drops plans for online pornography age verification system | Internet | The Guardian
Age-verification for online pornography to begin in July – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
