Yesterday, some big news happened in the world of Parental Controls. There was a new domain suffix approved for .xxxThis means that pornography sites can now choose to use porn.xxx instead of porn.com. This sounds like great news for parental control software because parents can easily block *.xxx and be safe, right?
However, the key problem with this solution is that there is no legislation to enforce this. Businesses which have an established business will keep their .com addresses (Playboy will still be Playboy.com)
The second, and bigger problem with this is that it gives a false sense of security for parents. Because even if a parent were to block all .xxx domains, it is trivial to discover what the actual address of a domain is. So even if a parent were to block playboy.com, their child could still visit 216.163.137.68
In the end, the new .xxx domain means very little for parental controls.
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