The UK's new act blocks access to adult content without identification. Turns out, you only need a copy of Death Stranding and a phone to get around it.
  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    16 days ago

    The first thing I thought when I heard about this facial recognition to verify age was now easy would be to trick the system with a game with photo mode. And for what I just read, it’s really that easy.

    The fun thing is that, since they claim to not save the pictures, they can’t prove that you verified with a videogame… Unless they retire the claim, admit that they save the pictures and get in huge trouble with the data privacy laws.

    Sigh… all this trouble to make an age verification system when the state could simply issue digital certs including simply your adult status (meaning you are not underage) that could be used in every website and that would not leak any personal data. And it would really work, as the authority issuing the cert is the state (which already knows your age) it could be automatically trusted on the internet and would keep your data safe.

    • mobotsar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      16 days ago

      A state-issued cert used pervasively across all interactions on the internet and uniquely tied to a particular individual?

      Some exec at Google just creamed his pants.