Ofcom's age-check shortlist: the question is what gets kept
Show notes
Morning edition, Friday 30 October 2026
Ofcom has shortlisted four ways to check a user is 16 for the under-16 social media ban. The Secure by Design question is what each leaves behind. Also: a second exploited Cisco VPN zero-day since August, and an Amadeus breach reaching Japan Airlines.
Sources
- Ofcom: How age checks at 16 can work to underpin the UK's social media ban
- The Register: Shortlist of age checks for the UK's under-16 social media ban is out
- Cisco Security Advisory: ASA and FTD tunnel group denial of service
- BleepingComputer: Cisco warns of firewall zero-day exploited to crash SSL VPN devices
- BleepingComputer: Japan Airlines suffers third-party data breach exposing passenger info
- The Record: Japan Airlines warns of breach as country grapples with incidents