Re:Adult website Pornhub blocks users in Utah from accessing...
by jasmer on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @08:43PM
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"there's no way to do so ephemerally, " - there are ways people can be issued anonymous tokens, 3rd party verifications, regs against recording the data with strong regulatory authority.
Frankly, it's not even that hard you could come up with 3 'good ways' just by thinking about it a tiny bit, that would be less intrusive than showing your ID at a bar.
Trade this for getting the drinking age lowered to 18 and we win.
Re:Adult website Pornhub blocks users in Utah from accessing...
by gnicholas on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @10:37PM
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I didn’t claim that it’s impossible to imagine ways that this could be done. I was pointing out that no such methods are actually in common use, which means that when people think about validating their age online, they are concerned about their privacy.
Re:Adult website Pornhub blocks users in Utah from accessing...
by raxxorraxor on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @04:58AM
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There is a technical possibility to do that. There is also a technical possibility to leak identities.
Re:Adult website Pornhub blocks users in Utah from accessing...
by red-iron-pine on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @10:46AM
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Sure, there are ways. There are ways to watch every single American all the time; China is trying that with their citizens already. Doesn't mean we should, or will, or that it will ever make sense.
PH is a business, and the overhead of adding this system, on top of the PII, compliance, and access risks that come with it, doesn't make business-sense.
What costs more? implementing a sweeping system with tons of risk, or blacklisting one state?
If the cashier asks for your ID when you buy a six-pack, that's completely ephemeral, with no record created. If they swipe your ID (I think this happens sometimes), that creates a record, but it's not clear if it stores personal info or just verifies that it's a valid ID with appropriate birthdate.
If you verify your age to view online pornography, there's no way to do so ephemerally, at least that most people would trust. I think most people who oppose these types of rules wouldn't have a problem with showing ID at an adult shop to buy an adult DVD (but I could be wrong).