Government Guidance Accidentally Improves Porn Access for Home Workers
This is not satire.
Since the recent introduction of the Online Safety Act, the only way to legitimately access pornography, as well as other apparently "morally dubious" material in the UK, has been to verify your age first. Or use a VPN.
Meanwhile, the Technology Secretary has been on BBC Breakfast, earnestly pleading with the public not to bypass age verification checks by using VPNs, warning that doing so compromises the safety of our children.
This is an interesting take from a man who represents a government that also advises VPNs should always be used when working from home. Quoted verbatim:
Do I need to use a VPN for users working away from the office?
Yes
And just to be absolutely clear, it continues:
“A device-wide VPN will provide the best level of protection for information as it travels over an untrusted network.”
So the government’s official stance appears to be: if you’re working from home, you must always use a VPN to protect your data. At the same time, the Technology Secretary is trusting you not to notice that the same VPN may also give you unrestricted access to porn.
One can only assume it is considered civic duty to disconnect the VPN before indulging.
