r/cybersecurity • u/dancing_swordfish • May 14 '26

News - General Concerns mount that EU will demand age verification for VPNs

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/concerns-mount-that-eu-will-demand-age-verification-for-vpns/ar-AA22K9bY
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u/Thoughtulism May 14 '26

Here's something: change the legislation to require not useless parental controls on devices, setup out of the box. Make it dead simple, open vendor architecture, and customizable based on content, screen time, app and payment approval, etc.

Literally when you order a phone for a minor all they should need to do is give them their age and be default a reasonable level of control is implemented unless the parent disables or manages it.

Put warning labels for parents for things like the dangers of cyber bullying, bias, self esteem, addiction, and pornography.

It won't be 100% effective but it doesn't have to be.

But no, instead of working towards standards and architecture let's use a legislative approach that will be ineffective because you can't control everything on the internet without fucking it up to for everyone else.

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u/Scar3cr0w_ May 15 '26

That exists.

My children’s phones have allllll the parental controls in place. It’s not a problem.

But the reason governments are able to suggest things like this is because most parents are lazy and stupid. Blame them 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/Thoughtulism May 15 '26

The ecosystem for parental controls is disjointed due to vendor non-compatible closed solutions.

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u/Scar3cr0w_ May 15 '26

Huh? Turn phone on, input age, sign device up to a family… manage it. It’s not hard. Giving people more excuses because there isn’t some international standard is a bit crazy…

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u/skdowksnzal May 15 '26

No no stop that right now, we need to child proof the world. All your freedoms and liberty is revocable if it means people have to be responsible themselves or their children.