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Using widely available technology, well-known ethical hackers Chris Kubecka and Paula Popovici quickly accessed numerous pornography sites without ever verifying their ages.

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[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 days ago

In response to our findings, Ofcom said these checks "will help stop young children from stumbling across porn".

Stumbling across porn is a right of passage for every teenager. You can try to make it illegal all you want, but it happens every time. Maybe instead of fighting the inevitable we make it safer for young adults by educating them about gasp the s word (sex) instead of pretending it doesn't exist.

Not to mention these silly laws also impact the rest of us adults from going about our business. This puritan mindset is backwards and ultimately self defeating. "Think of the children" is used far too often in justification for restrictions instead of doing things that actually benefit children.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

As the saying goes, teach your kids about the birds and the bees before the internet does.

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