How can you protect your privacy while enforcing age verification? How can you stop kids under 18 to use VPN to bypass age restrictions? That's the questions debated in this video. EU Made Simple also explains the new EU digital wallet app which will become available in every EU country by the end of this year and allow citizens to keep all their documents like ID card, passport, driving license, or even airplane boarding passes in a single app.
There is an easy solution to the VPN dilemma. Just ban free VPNs. Kids under 18 typically do not have credit cards or if they do they usually require parents approval for online purchases. This means that underage children cannot buy a VPN subscription. Only adults can. This means that the parents become the true guardians of their children's online access. If parents shouldn't share their VPN credentials with their kids, so that they cannot bypass the age restrictions. In other words, VPNs remain legal and free of access for every adults. It's just the kids who can't use it.
There is an easy solution to the VPN dilemma. Just ban free VPNs. Kids under 18 typically do not have credit cards or if they do they usually require parents approval for online purchases. This means that underage children cannot buy a VPN subscription. Only adults can. This means that the parents become the true guardians of their children's online access. If parents shouldn't share their VPN credentials with their kids, so that they cannot bypass the age restrictions. In other words, VPNs remain legal and free of access for every adults. It's just the kids who can't use it.