UK Age Verification for VPNs
Cindy Harper (via Hacker News):
The UK House of Lords has voted to extend “age assurance” requirements, effectively age verification mandates, to virtual private networks (VPNs) and a wide range of online platforms under the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
The decision deepens the reach of the already-controversial Online Safety Act, linking child safety goals to mechanisms that could have severe effects on private communication and digital autonomy.
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In effect, most interactive online platforms would now need to collect and verify age data from users, even where those services are not primarily aimed at children.
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Two other amendments, both more technologically intrusive, were discussed but rejected.
It’s not yet law.
Previously:
- UK Child Protections and Messaging Backdoor
- Texas Age Verification Suspended
- Imgur Blocks UK Users Over Age Verification
- UK Again Wants iCloud Backdoor
- UK Online Safety Act
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Predictable. Next they will attack DNS providers, mark my words. They’re just going to keep moving down the stack until they come back to forced certificate installations on all devices to decrypt traffic when they want.
