PornHub blocks users in Utah, cites state’s age verification law

Post by proprietario » Tue, May 02, 2023, 5:57 PM UTC

djha-skin wrote: post #400

taylodl wrote: post #190

An identity provider can make verified age one of the claims on an OAuth token. It removes anonymity, but at least you don't have to provide your personal details to everybody on the internet demanding age verification. You provide those details to your trusted identity provider, they provide the claim of your age to the website. With that in place we can easily make beer, liquor, marijuana and tobacco sales on the i…

A much better solution than was suggested by PornHub: > PornHub said that a better solution is to identify users by their device. Fingerprinting is not and should not be the sanctioned way of identifying people. On the engineering side, it is a horrible hack. On the ethical side, it is much worse to ( attempt to) fingerprint since it tells PornHub waaay more than just age.

Post by AlecSchueler » Tue, May 02, 2023, 5:57 PM UTC

laserlight wrote: post #646

AlecSchueler wrote: post #626

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I'd love to stop believing in it but it's destroyed a large part of my life. The issue with defining it as an addiction is more of a question of separating from other compulsive issues than not recognising the compulsive issues of the thing itself. Yes, I understand there's a difference between compulsion and addiction but I'd expect the users of Hacker News to understand enough about how the dopamine system works to…

I'm sorry for your struggles. I hope that you are doing better.

Post by sv123 » Tue, May 02, 2023, 5:59 PM UTC

maerF0x0 wrote: post #599

rgavuliak wrote: post #552

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Because when buying alcohol, you can for the most part (outside of online purchases, but even then the courier can check an ID upon delivery hypothetially) verify it fairly easily. With online porn, the scale and complications doing it put a much bigger burden on the providers. Additionally porn has a much bigger stigma than alcohol, so keeping record of what you watch, especially if you're into something more niche…

> With online porn, the scale and complications doing it put a much bigger burden This could be very easily done at the ISP level for the whole connection. (I'm talking best effort not a perfect implementation) Why not just block all "Adult" content by default and allow the buyer to opt in (both temporarily via password, and permanently). Then it would be a decision each household could easily make about what they wa…

Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 02, 2023, 6:01 PM UTC

armatav wrote: post #549

It’s funny to see half of HN clutch pearls when a segment of society doesn’t want their kids addicted to digital porn. No one’s stopping you; it’s to stop kids from ramping up what might be the most societally acceptable hardcore addiction. There are elected representatives that push for these changes, this is how the society in the US is structured. If you want a different set of rules, get elected or change states.

Post by nathan_compton » Tue, May 02, 2023, 6:02 PM UTC

Retric wrote: post #687

scarface74 wrote: post #649

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It very much restricts people who want to marry more than one person from doing so and until a few years ago, the government restricted marriage to heterosexual couples.

The state doesn’t recognize such unions, but it doesn’t prohibit them either. So you can’t have multiple marriage licenses, but you can legally hold a public polygamist civil ceremony followed by “cohabitation.” Granted people want the legal befits of a recognized marriage rather than the state to treating it as two actors preforming a ceremony as part of a play. But such distinction are relevant when you say somethi…