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Hackers prove age verification systems on pornography sites can be bypassed in seconds

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Hackers prove age verification systems on pornography sites can be bypassed in seconds

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Technology@programming.devEnglish · 12 days ago

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Age verification tools on adult websites bypassed in seconds

Using widely available technology, well-known ethical hackers Chris Kubecka and Paula Popovici quickly accessed numerous pornography sites without ever verifying their ages.

Using widely available technology, well-known ethical hackers Chris Kubecka and Paula Popovici quickly accessed numerous pornography sites without ever verifying their ages.

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Which is why I’m confident it will fail spectacularly.

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