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When you receive a request to your website (or any service), that request comes from an IP address. There are databases that can tell you what country an IP add

by keanb 1y ago

When you receive a request to your website (or any service), that request comes from an IP address. There are databases that can tell you what country an IP address is from. It's not perfect, but it works well enough 99.99% of the time. Then, if the country is blacklisted, you do not allow access.

HardwareLust 1y ago
So that could be defeated by a VPN?
- keanb 1y ago
  Of course.
  - HardwareLust 1y ago
    Makes it seem almost pointless.
- noir_lord 1y ago
  Trivially which is why VPN's have boomed in the UK since this was brought in. An entirely predictable result given how easy it is to install a VPN vs having to verify yourself constantly to sketchy third parties on every site that has adult content (note: adult meaning adult not pornography..a lot of non-porn adult stuff get caught in the net).
  - gjsman-1000 1y ago
    For now. 1. Driver's licenses are becoming a web standard soon. https://github.com/w3c-fedid/digital-credentials https://github.com/w3c-fedid/digital-credentials Support was added just last week in Safari 26. https://digitalcredentials.dev https://digitalcredentials.dev 2. The UK is keeping a very close eye on VPNs. https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/could-vpns-be-banned-uk-government-to-look-very-closely-into-their-usage-amid-mass-usage-since-the-age-verification-row https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/could-vpn...
    - rkagerer 1y ago
      Driver's licenses are becoming a web standard soon. Could you elaborate on this? I for one would never elect to participate.
      - fknorangesite 1y ago
        The search term you're looking for is "age verification laws".
    - noir_lord 1y ago
      There is a reason that google and apple aren't screaming about these laws. That pretty much is the reason - they want to become identify brokers for the entire online ecosystem and if it costs them under 18 users they don't really care, they aren't typically the ones with the money anyway.
- chrisjj 1y ago
  I tried. Imgur managed to block from Amsterdam, France, Singapore and US. The only success I has was Russia.

by keanb 1y ago

HardwareLust 1y ago

So that could be defeated by a VPN?

keanb 1y ago
Of course.
- HardwareLust 1y ago
  Makes it seem almost pointless.
noir_lord 1y ago
Trivially which is why VPN's have boomed in the UK since this was brought in. An entirely predictable result given how easy it is to install a VPN vs having to verify yourself constantly to sketchy third parties on every site that has adult content (note: adult meaning adult not pornography..a lot of non-porn adult stuff get caught in the net).
- gjsman-1000 1y ago
  For now. 1. Driver's licenses are becoming a web standard soon. https://github.com/w3c-fedid/digital-credentials https://github.com/w3c-fedid/digital-credentials Support was added just last week in Safari 26. https://digitalcredentials.dev https://digitalcredentials.dev 2. The UK is keeping a very close eye on VPNs. https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/could-vpns-be-banned-uk-government-to-look-very-closely-into-their-usage-amid-mass-usage-since-the-age-verification-row https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/could-vpn...
  - rkagerer 1y ago
    Driver's licenses are becoming a web standard soon. Could you elaborate on this? I for one would never elect to participate.
    - fknorangesite 1y ago
      The search term you're looking for is "age verification laws".
  - noir_lord 1y ago
    There is a reason that google and apple aren't screaming about these laws. That pretty much is the reason - they want to become identify brokers for the entire online ecosystem and if it costs them under 18 users they don't really care, they aren't typically the ones with the money anyway.
chrisjj 1y ago
I tried. Imgur managed to block from Amsterdam, France, Singapore and US. The only success I has was Russia.