The eSafety commissioner’s office has said the age-assurance trial report found geolocation technology and other signals could be used to detect if users are trying to use a VPN. The report itself suggests VPN users should not be blocked, but checked with age verification. That could mean that, if implemented, anyone using a VPN anywhere in the world to access the sites would have to verify their age, despite not being in Australia.

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    4 days ago

    Won’t this mean people are pushed onto dodgier sites that refuse to comply with the law?

    See you all on tor.

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      3 days ago

      Yes. A study was released in the uk after doing similar verification said exactly that. The solution ofcourse is even tighter regulation

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        3 days ago

        I’m loading up SD cards to sell to kids in alleys.