UK’s Age verification: We need to keep the state away from our porn
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The idea that the state should legislate on age verification to grant user’s access to pornography is society assuming that it has failed miserably and that parents are merely incapable human beings.
The whole of society is harmed to “protect children” from imbecile parents.
In addition, the State’s creating a new market for private companies to profit, charging so that citizens can access porn sites whose content is free or for which they have already paid.
And to maximize the absurdity, under UK’s law (or at least the business model of verification companies) you have to buy a valid license for only one device. In other words, the State will not only hinder your access and charge you for it, but also let a private company charge you for access for each device you own.
Can you imagine someone going to a store, a bookstore or a kiosk asking the seller to buy access to pornography and handing over your data to him?
Worse, can you imagine having to hand over your data to a company in order to access porn sites with the danger of having all your preferences collected in one place and directly linked to your identity?
And I’m obviously counting on the stupidity of a government and politicians who think that teenagers are not able to use a simple VPN. Also, there’s a multitude of VPN’s with free trial periods that are just veiled scams or that simply steal data in exchange for a limited service. In addition, the British measure will also increase computer insecurity in the country and VPN scams will be even more dangerous and widespread.
The new UK age verification law will bring more danger then it will help anyone. It also might force teenagers to seek darker, underground places for free and unrestricted porn, making it even harder for (decent) parents to monitor what they do online. It is a simple fact: teeangers will look for porn and they’ll find it one way or another — I did when I was a…
