Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it
Summary
Brussels launched an age-checking app for online verification, but security researchers demonstrated they could bypass its protections in just 2 minutes, raising serious concerns about the effectiveness of such government-mandated age verification systems.
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