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Ideally, what ought to happen is the government sets up a system with cryptographic key pairs in a government database. Adults go to a drug store / grocery sto
by anon291 2y ago
Ideally, what ought to happen is the government sets up a system with cryptographic key pairs in a government database.
Adults go to a drug store / grocery store / whoever participates and is licensed to do this. The store clerk checks your ID. If you're an adult, they will give you a public key. The public key comes in an envelope that has been sealed at a government facility. No one can see it until you open the envelope. You can obtain as many of these as you want (you have to pay the cost of the printing / stationary / program admin costs at the time of purchase).
To go on pornhub, you need to type in the public key. Porn hub encodes a message with the key and sends to the government database to get a yes / no.
Governments can prosecute any store that gives out keys to minors (like with alcohol).
Governments can prosecute porn sites that do not adhere to this protocol.
This is good because it provides a lot of points where bad actors may fall afoul of the law, and these bad actors were probably the same types going to commit otehr crimes anyway.
But the truth is, this will never happen, because sites like PornHub are not interested in keeping minors off. They want to get young kids (boys mostly, although I hear girls are getting more amenable) addicted to their porn.
- Atotalnoob 2y agoWhat happened to privacy? Now the government knows all about my shopping habits…
- anon291 2y agoAt what point of my proposal did the government keep track of shopping habits. The government issues cards to stores; kind of like transit cards at grocery stores. In my city of Portland, if you want a youth transit card you have to show proof you're a kid. Or if you want a senior one, proof you're over 65. Still, the government doesn't actually know who you are. It's just a number. The number is similarly hidden until you open the package. I don't think anyone could track it.
- salawat 2y ago....Store keeps track of proof of id, probably don't randomize the cards going out. Associate the two identifiers... Instant tracking association. Once the capability to do so is acailable, it will be used. No exceptions.
- anon291 2y agoWhy would the store need to track proof of ID? Clerk looks at card. Clerk checks date. Just like liquor in many states where they don't scan cards. No record is kept. The county might randomize testing to catch stores issuing cards to minors. If such a store is caught, all cards issued by that store (which are tracked) are invalidated and you have to go to a reputable store. Stores would be required to reimburse you if you have a receipt, thus discouraging this behavior. This is similar to cigarette sales in Oregon. There's no tracking, but you have to prove you're over 18. If a store is caught selling to minors, they are banned from selling cigarettes and fined heavily. Porn should not be any easier to acquire than cigarettes, et al. Some things are for adults. I'm confused why this is remotely controversial. Should children be allowed in strip clubs?
- havblue 2y agoIt just sounds like building a system that's going to be used to coerce and blackmail the public in the future. Why on Earth would you trust that your embarrassing habits will not be monitored and used against you?