UK porn block: Can cryptocurrency help Brits to dodge controversial sex website law?
Brits can get around the controversial UK porn block using cryptocurrency, tech experts have warned. In April of this year, porn websites will be blocked by UK internet providers and users will have to verify their age using a driver’s licence, passport, or credit card to access X-rated content – a move many see as an attack on privacy. But a Virtual Private Network (VPN) hides the websites surfers visit and even the country they live in, rendering the age check useless, as reported by a Coin Rivet article for the Express. And using anonymous cryptocurrency to buy a VPN can add an extra, virtually impenetrable level of privacy. It can even protect them from ‘sextortionist’ hackers. Tech firm Letheo is
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Brits can get around the controversial UK porn block using cryptocurrency, tech experts have warned.
In April of this year, porn websites will be blocked by UK internet providers and users will have to verify their age using a driver’s licence, passport, or credit card to access X-rated content – a move many see as an attack on privacy.
But a Virtual Private Network (VPN) hides the websites surfers visit and even the country they live in, rendering the age check useless, as reported by a Coin Rivet article for the Express.
And using anonymous cryptocurrency to buy a VPN can add an extra, virtually impenetrable level of privacy. It can even protect them from ‘sextortionist’ hackers.
Tech firm Letheo is urging Brits to use the high-tech solution to beat the ban.
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A spokesman said: “Unlike traditional methods, there’s no credit card payment or verification needed to run. It’s all about privacy and anonymity.
“We really want to help people regain their internet freedom globally.”
The Digital Economy Act 2017 is an attempt to prevent kids from seeing inappropriate content, but it has been slammed as ineffective and even dangerous.
The government’s own impact assessment found that: “Adults (and some children) may be pushed towards using ToR (a platform for accessing the dark web) and related systems to avoid age verification, where they could be exposed to illegal and extreme material that they otherwise would never have come into contact with.”
Database fears
The Open Rights Group has previously warned the Digital Economy Act could lead to porn companies being required to create a database of what everyone has watched.
Experts fear a database could be targeted by cyber criminals looking to blackmail those on it.
Jim Killock, the director of Open Rights Group, told Sky News: “This could go horribly wrong, exposing people to blackmail, fraud, and career-damaging data leaks.”
The issue was recently highlighted when a gang of “sextortionists” targeted 89,000 people on sites including LinkedIn, according to UK cybersecurity firm Digital Shadows.
They are believed to have raised nearly £255,000 across 92 Bitcoin addresses.
Sextortion-based email campaigns seek to extort victims by threatening to publicly embarrass them for engaging in a sexually explicit act. They often claim to have footage of the intended victim watching porn.
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