UK gov to ban porn sites that don't verify users' age
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brogdale
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dessiato
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I don't live in the UK.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I'm not sure if this is still the case. I remember having to change the settings on an old phone as it blocked anything deemed to be inappropriate - such as sites related to drugs, etc. I think you had to text a code to the provider, then reboot the device - this must have been at least 10/15 years ago. I haven't seen any restrictions like this in many years - I expect it would be pointless trying to block broad categories of sites anyway, given that platforms like Twitter contain shit loads of adult content alongside innocuous stuff.
Cid
Proper break this time
I had to do it with O2 recently. Was weird, had a contract with them before and it never happened. And yeah, wasn't for porn.
e2a: apparently the BBFC classes websites these days, which is how they decide it.
e22a: although the BBFC only talks about porn, and that wrt the 2017 act. Odd.
farmerbarleymow
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Cid
Proper break this time
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Yeah, there's that. I guess they are just box-ticking and don't really care if people do circumvent the restrictions - they can at least say they have measures in place to filter content deemed to be adult in nature.
I've got a TOR browser on mine to get round the annoying blocks on US news sites that won't display to users in the EU - works perfectly.
BigTom
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This might be true for payg phones but any contract phone requires you to be over 18 to make the contract agreement so it wouldn't matter any sense to have to provide proof of age in addition to having the contract.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
I guess if they're going to go ahead with this absolute bollocks waste of time and resources, then I might as well start thinking about subscribing to a VPN service. Anyone got any recommendations?
Also double-fuck the out-of-touch politicians responsible for this bullshit. They love to be seen be doing something, especially if they can cloak it in the self-righteous "but think about the children!" excuse. May they all be dipped in dog shit. Remember that those fucks don't actually give a shit about protecting children. If they did, then they wouldn't conveniently "lose" dossiers of evidence implicating powerful people as child rapists.
Also double-fuck the out-of-touch politicians responsible for this bullshit. They love to be seen be doing something, especially if they can cloak it in the self-righteous "but think about the children!" excuse. May they all be dipped in dog shit. Remember that those fucks don't actually give a shit about protecting children. If they did, then they wouldn't conveniently "lose" dossiers of evidence implicating powerful people as child rapists.
binka
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I've been subscribing to PureVPN for the last year or so. Got it primarily to use with Kodi as I had a paid for sports subscription which was being server blocked by my ISP at 3pm on Saturday. Works fine, doesn't seem to slow anything down. Have the app installed on my phone, Kodi box and on my windows laptop.
They have an offer on now £28 for a year. Not sure I'll bother renewing mine as I don't really use it any more
grit
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Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
No.
I'd have thought that if you want to appear to be outside the UK, Opera's built-in VPN would do that. It's no good to me because I need to appear to be in the UK for the telly. I'm very happy with ExpressVPN.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Do you know if this would work for Kodi on Firestick?
binka
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A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
mwgdrwg
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farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
It wasn't porn - there would have been no point given the limited bandwidth at the time. I think it was just stuff around drugs and other similar sites which presumably were on some kind of blacklist.
I take it the image you have posted is from your personal collection from that time?
skyscraper101
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Fnar
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
I take it the image you have posted is from your personal collection from that time?
Selfie.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
It wasn't porn mum.
I take it the image you have posted is from your personal collection from that time?
FTFY
And what do you mean ‘from that time’?
farmerbarleymow
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farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
My eye sight got so poor it makes no difference...Sorry, I didn't know you preferred low-res porn.
Unless it's changed then the age restriction will not just apply to what people usually think of porn but any sexual content which would usually attract an 18 certificate. This will include audio so could include ebooks. The BBFC is chomping at the bit having gained new relevance, I suspect this won't end at sexual content and there are visions of an age related online censorship system similar to the one that is currently completely ignored for DVDs, games etc.
Cid
Proper break this time
Specifically on the o2 thing, the reason I wanted it removed had nothing to do with sexual content... So dunno, may be something specific to them.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
That's odd. I can see knives fine - same provider, although on Orange. Have you set parental congrols in error?
BigTom
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EE here as well and i don't get anything blocked afaik. Perhaps some time ago i told them not to block anything and I've forgotten.
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