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by 0x457 825 days ago
You assume that kids today know as much about technology than when you were their age. I can assure you - it's not the case. They might know what is VPN and how it works, but they do know how it install it from app store and avoid geo-restrictions.
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You underestimate the creativity of highly motivated teenage boys searching for adult material.
I think you confused me with someone else. I'm saying this won't stop highly motivated teenage boys searching for adult material at all.
I'm guessing that (just like actually happened when I was their age) one kid will figure it out (or read about it, or have an enabling parent tell them how to do it under the presumption of good reasons) and then tell all their friends how to do it.
Even if they don't know now, put an obstacle in their way and they quickly find a workaround. Hell, as a kid the we learned how to bypass bios password within a day, because me and my siblings very motivated indeed. The trick was to not let parents know that we knew. That part lasted a week. We got greedy.

In other words, I am sure some kids will learn.

I'm sure they already know. I see people that I've least expected are using VPN providers all the time. It's a lot easier today than it was when I was a teenager.

In my teenage days, VPN was only used for: corporate site-to-site, illegal activities. It all required a manual fragile setup. Today: download an app, launch that app.