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British man claims he's unable to watch porn as tattoos confuse age check system

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Re: British man claims he's unable to watch porn as tattoos confuse age check system

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> Are there still adults stupid enough to think that watching porn will mess a kid up? This absolutely is a real problem, especially for younger kids. Have you talked to a teacher? Think things like "a kindergartner runs around grabbing teachers' tits and saying "I want to ..." lines you'd expect from a rape work like 50 Shades of Gray . It is neither in the child's interest nor in the interest of society at large to…

Bad influences come in many forms, and remedies aren't always laws.

Very well said, and true. However, the post the parent was replying to said, "Are there still adults stupid enough to think that watching porn will mess a kid up?", which represents an unreasonable absolute.

Re: British man claims he's unable to watch porn as tattoos confuse age check system

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I'm not sure that's right. I thought it was: - Google pushed out FLOC. - The Internet freaked out. - Google withdrew FLOC.

Once in a while you should run a host firewall and look at the data that Google Safebrowsing receives. Thinking Google backs off easily given their history is a pretty naive take on how the world works.

I do run a host firewall.

Re: British man claims he's unable to watch porn as tattoos confuse age check system

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Do you really see this as a reasonable thing to ask this person to do, just to prove their age to a robot?

It is beyond reasonable to put on so much tattoo on the face. (How did he go through all that pain)

It's quite extreme, but I believe society is already implicitly punishing people who do this quite enough, no need for technology to pile on further.
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