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Seems like the thin edge of a thick wedge. First porn, then what next? Video games? Movies? Netflix? It seems like another data grab. I’ve not seen the technic
by davb 9y ago
Seems like the thin edge of a thick wedge. First porn, then what next? Video games? Movies? Netflix?
It seems like another data grab. I’ve not seen the technical specification but presumably porn sites will hold on to a verification token of some sort from the government ID database, which could then be used to correlate your viewing habits (at the porn site end) to your age verification request (and thus ID, at the government end).
I imagine this will drive more and more people to use VPNs. I’ve got to assume someone involved in this has considered that. Maybe this is a prelude to banning VPNs in the UK? (“They’re only used by criminals and people trying to circumvent the age verification system”)?
- Edmond 9y agoAll the government backed approaches I have seen to this issue fail the privacy test. There is actually an approach that works without the massive privacy violation: https://www.cipheredtrust.com/doc/ https://www.cipheredtrust.com/doc/
- davb 9y agoTo piggyback on my own comment - another possibility is that every site or application with user generated content will eventually be subject to age verification. Meaning that all semblance of anonymous/pseudonymous participation online will disappear. Every username you have online will be tied back to a request token in the age verification database. Those reddit alts you use for porn, your Pornhub account, your LinkedIn, HackerNews, email.. all tied back to your passport.