Pornhub Blocks All of Utah from Its Site

Post by oarsinsync » Tue, May 02, 2023, 3:54 PM UTC

woodruffw wrote: post #17

laserbeam wrote: post #16

Let's say, for some unexpected idiotic reason, ID age verification becomes widespread for more than just porn. Wouldn't that be the first thing people than start generating via midjourney and similar AIs? Fake ids to pass age checks?

How is an AI-generated profile picture going to circumvent an ID lookup? States aren't considering facial recognition for age verification; they're going to require affirmative proof in the form of a state or federal ID that can be looked up. (And note: on a policy level, this is fundamentally different from your neighborhood's bar having a conveniently broken ID reader: an online service can't meaningfully claim to…

Post by flangola7 » Tue, May 02, 2023, 4:54 PM UTC

laserbeam wrote: post #26

flangola7 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't Midjourney a valid matching name and government ID number

Obviously, but either you need to do a gov ID lookup (which, is it even possible/scalable/feasible JSUT for age checks?) or need to keep the ID proofs for an audit. I've only really seen ID checks for financial apps/services where proof of exact identity is required, not of age.