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Is an under-16 ban on ham radio next?

Both the National and Labour parties here in New Zealand have announced their support for a ban on under-16s (U16) having unfettered access to the internet and the social media websites that proliferate there.

Although I've already published a column on this topic earlier this week, it's time for a little more commentary from me and a bit of a warning.

Whilst this has been billed as a measure designed to protect children from the evils of social media, many have already twigged to the fact that it's far more about sneaking a digital-ID system in the back door.

How do we know this?

Well the most important part of implementing any age-gating online is being able to accurately determine the age of the user. How can you do this without submitting some form of official identification document, a document that then effectively allows 24/7 monitoring of all your online activity.

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Forums are Down

Damn, why is it so hard to keep any reliable forum capability going these days?

I'll be working to get the forums up again but it seems that it might not be a simple task. The hosting company has obviously changed something but now it's up to me to try and get PHPBB working with their new configuration :-/

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