On-Line Safety Bill

This seems to be a big issue in the UK with the passing of the Bill.

This is unlikely to make any difference for a number of reasons.

• A British law is unlikely to be adopted intenationally
• A backdoor in secure communications is not practical.

Age Verification

25 July 2025 - new provisions to prevent children from accessing "primary priority content that is harmful to children".

Back Door

The debate around the concept of a back-door revolves around the impact that it would have on end-to-end encryption.

It is naive to think that International (American) software vendors are going to do this. Even if they did the "bad players" will find a way around it, both from the desire to maintain security and to threaten it. Those that want to continue to have private communications will find altenatives and those that are intent in breaking-in to Internet users accounts will be given a means to do so.

PCMag's - Who Are You? Online Age Verification Starts in the UK: Here's How It Works