An interesting law has passed the preliminary round of voting in Israeli parliament today regarding adult sites. Under the proposed law, access to adult sites on the internet would be limited to those identified through physical means such as a fingerprint or smart card readers. Violent and gambling sites are also considered.

These readers are certainly becoming more common on computers these days. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) is offering such readers on keyboards and mouses, Lenonvo is bundling them with its products. Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Sony Corp. (NYSE:SNE) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) offer them too, just to name a few.

According to studies, 60% of Israeli youth (9-18) has been exposed to pornography on the internet, most of them unintentionally, reaching the content accidentally (allow me a cough here). The studies also show that 44% of the parents didn't know their kids came across such content.

I can certainly understand the frustration parents feel and I'm sure similar data on kids exposed to adult content is true in most countries. These sites sure are common. Only the other day my mother-in-law complained that while searching for Jet Blue in Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), she was directed to a porn site. I have heard many such similar complaints.

However, this law certainly sounds a bit far-fetched to me and not that enforceable either. I'd much rather parents get involved in the education of their kids more. For me, the truly shocking number is the 44% of parents who had no idea. What were they thinking?!