The government has a new strategy to try Restrict adult content to minors: Use the My Digital Wallet app as an age verification method before accessing porn sites.

Although the implementation is still in the testing phase, the Government has already announced how the new identity verification system will be implemented. You will need to be able to view adult content onlineBasically and in summary, the app will be able to create a type of virtual card that can be used for the next 30 days.

“Click here if you’re over 18” isn’t enough. This is the new Government plan to stop minors watching porn

Until now, when accessing a page containing adult content, the same site offered us an ineffective method of age verification: You could bypass this warning by simply clicking on the button that said “Click if you are over 18.” According to authorities, underage porn consumption is a growing problem: 7 out of 10 young people regularly consume pornographyAccording to data from the Ministry of Digital Transformation.

The government’s new measure aims to allow people to verify their age using their mobile phones through the My Digital Wallet app. Using this app to verify age when accessing sites with adult content will protect the user’s privacy because The entire control process is done directly on the device.

The tool will work like this: After downloading the My Digital Wallet app, users need to configure it with their electronic ID to verify their identity to be associated with the app and that device. Since you are of legal age, you can make a request. Identity information to verify your age when accessing adult content pages. Each credential is valid for 30 days and can be used up to 10 times with the same provider. When credentials are exhausted, more can be requested from the app.

Porn and adult content pages displays a QR code that the user must scan You can use one of the credentials by using the app from your mobile phone. In other words, this system allows us to verify our age in the app to get “tokens” and use these tokens (not associated with a specific person) to access porn pages. In this way, the Government promises to protect the privacy of users.

This situation of course brings with it many questions and concerns. The most important one is related to the subject privacyThere are those who believe that this system could become a surveillance system. On the other hand, in addition to the fact that adult content pages hosted abroad must implement the QR code system, it is also a fact that such measures can be circumvented, for example through the use of VPNs, which represents another challenge for the government’s plan.

Minister José Luis Escrivá is aware of the challenges facing this strategy and It is not a perfect method. On preventing children and adolescents from accessing restricted content: “We will hear that this is not enough and that this is right. So more needs to be done, and we can even hear that there may be ways around this solution. Despite this, the minister said, “We think this is probably the most necessary and effective measure at the moment.”

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