beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoUse of VPNs to bypass age checks on porn sites to be investigated by Australia’s eSafety watchdogwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkUse of VPNs to bypass age checks on porn sites to be investigated by Australia’s eSafety watchdogwww.theguardian.combeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoOh, I assume it will also increase fraud. Lots of dodgy sites will ask for ids and/or credit card details to verify age. I wouldn’t trust them without a vpn, afe verification or not.
minus-squaretremble5218@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoThe converse of that is also true where legitimate websites mark your order as fraud just because you used a VPN when placing the order.
Oh, I assume it will also increase fraud. Lots of dodgy sites will ask for ids and/or credit card details to verify age. I wouldn’t trust them without a vpn, afe verification or not.
The converse of that is also true where legitimate websites mark your order as fraud just because you used a VPN when placing the order.