This has a simple solution if the laws motivations are earnest.
The ISP, on sign up, must ask the user if they
1.Live with a child
2.Plan to let children use their internet connection.
If they answer yes to either, they are allocated an ipv4 address ending in an even octet and/or an ipv6 address with the 64th most significant bit high. Otherwise odd and low.
That way any website can tell exactly who is definitely not a child by simply checking the remote IP with no identification needed other than the ip they already have. Easy peasy, especially since nearly all American ISPs use static IPs since 2019(as an aside, something that I have always found very, very suspicious).
But we all know this law is not earnest, it is to gather information on people and have federal jack booted terrorists lock them up for years without trial like they did to J6 protestors.
another very simple tech solution: utilize a sanitized DNS such as the cleanbrowsing DNS. it's already a crime to give your child access to porn, such a DNS makes it nearly impossible for your child to put you in danger of breaking this law.
internet router and modem manufacturers can ship their products with simple ways to turn this on, maybe even a physical button on the router itself (pw protected keypad?).
Parents gain tools to protect their kids from porn, porn sites lose their ability to groom kids, the internet remains anonymous. there are no downsides.
This has a simple solution if the laws motivations are earnest.
The ISP, on sign up, must ask the user if they 1.Live with a child 2.Plan to let children use their internet connection.
If they answer yes to either, they are allocated an ipv4 address ending in an even octet and/or an ipv6 address with the 64th most significant bit high. Otherwise odd and low.
That way any website can tell exactly who is definitely not a child by simply checking the remote IP with no identification needed other than the ip they already have. Easy peasy, especially since nearly all American ISPs use static IPs since 2019(as an aside, something that I have always found very, very suspicious).
But we all know this law is not earnest, it is to gather information on people and have federal jack booted terrorists lock them up for years without trial like they did to J6 protestors.
another very simple tech solution: utilize a sanitized DNS such as the cleanbrowsing DNS. it's already a crime to give your child access to porn, such a DNS makes it nearly impossible for your child to put you in danger of breaking this law.
internet router and modem manufacturers can ship their products with simple ways to turn this on, maybe even a physical button on the router itself (pw protected keypad?).
Parents gain tools to protect their kids from porn, porn sites lose their ability to groom kids, the internet remains anonymous. there are no downsides.