Porn ID Checks from April 2018 [UK]

[Floopa]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40630582

A nine-month countdown to the introduction of compulsory age checks on online pornography seen from the UK has begun. The April 2018 goal to protect under-18s was revealed as digital minister Matt Hancock signed the commencement order for the Digital Economy Act, which introduces the requirement.

Regarding age verification:

The age-check requirement applies to any website or other online platform that provides pornography "on a commercial basis" to people in the UK. It allows a regulator to fine any business that refuses to comply and to ask third-party payment services to withdraw support.

The watchdog will also be able to force internet providers to block access to non-compliant services.

Ministers have suggested one of several ways this might work would be for pornographic sites to demand credit card details before providing any access, since in the UK consumers typically have to be over 18 to have a card of their own.

Basically you'll need a credit card to watch porn in the UK now - assuming you don't have access to a VPN*

*get 1, now.

this is actually so fucking stupid i can't even imagine it's even near the top of a government's agenda...

1) brexit turning out to be a shit show
2) NHS crashing and burning as continued austerity/under-funding continues
3) PSWs getting shafted and having to use food banks

... no, lets focus on putting ID checks on people who want to watch sasha grey taking it up the ass

[Mormolyce]

This appears to affect people who pay for porn.

Who... presumably exist?

[Belize]

This appears to affect people who pay for porn.

Who... presumably exist?

I never understood it either.

Like. Do you really need 4k facials? I feel like 1080p is fine.

[Felya]

Someone has to pay for it for it to exist. It cannot simply exist as escort advertisement.

Yeah, just like in F2P games... don't mock the whales...

I just don't get how people trust any of those sites. The shit they try to do to your browser and their ads, don't make them seem like the sort of place you want to stick your card in.

[Deleted]

Makes perfect sense to me. Why wouldn't you want to give your card details to porn websites?

[Deleted]

So giving credit card info to porn website? Yeah... right...

[Masark]

Someone has to pay for it for it to exist.

Not really. Tonnes of freely-available amateur content around, which I personally find of decidedly higher quality than professional.

[Wyrt]

Well, didn't the UK PM want to regulate and control the internet?

Good to see the US isn't alone in the "Sex bad, violence good" sentiment.

[Xeones]

Teens can't get bank accounts with their parents in the UK?

I had a debit card at 16, as far as I'm aware my dad never made an attempt to snoop on the account either since I was responsible with my money.

[Knolan]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40630582



Regarding age verification:


Basically you'll need a credit card to watch porn in the UK now - assuming you don't have access to a VPN*

*get 1, now.

this is actually so fucking stupid i can't even imagine it's even near the top of a government's agenda...

1) brexit turning out to be a shit show
2) NHS crashing and burning as continued austerity/under-funding continues
3) PSWs getting shafted and having to use food banks

... no, lets focus on putting ID checks on people who want to watch sasha grey taking it up the ass

That is, hands down, the biggest waste of public money I have witnessed in my life...

The really fun thing is that it won't stop people from watching porn, it is easy, pick your choice:
1) Access a site outside UK jurisdiction*.
2) Use a proxy/VPN.
3) Use tor
4) Download massive amounts of porn from torrent sites.

* Yeah, I know they can force the ISP to block it, but they will never block them as fast as new sites arrive.

[karumayu]

This is just a disaster waiting to happen. Credit card details and information that you can derive from your purchases are very valuable and sensitive information. Using it as an arbitrary check for moral policing is just idiotic. At least if this goes through, then politicians can fling porn watching behavior of their opponents to the mix when they are trying to score some votes.

[Mormolyce]

1) Access a site outside UK jurisdiction*.

So like, basically all of them.

[Deleted]

Looks like their upper lip is the only thing that remains stiff in 2018.

[Puupi]

Well in Russia to use pornhub you need to verify your identity with your phone number, and you can't get a phone number without a government ID.

[Mayhem]

Well in Russia to use pornhub you need to verify your identity with your phone number, and you can't get a phone number without a government ID.

What? You simply type in a phone number?

[Puupi]

What? You simply type in a phone number?

?

I assume it's similar phone verification just like many other services have.

The key difference here is that in Russia you can't get any kind of phone number without a valid ID and the phone number will be registered to that ID.

[Mayhem]

?

I assume it's similar phone verification just like many other services have.

The key difference here is that in Russia you can't get any kind of phone number without a valid ID and the phone number will be registered to that ID.

I have no idea what phone verification is.

[Puupi]

I have no idea what phone verification is.

You type in your phone number, you get a verification code text message to your phone.

[Mayhem]

You type in your phone number, you get a verification code text message to your phone.

Ah, derp, sooo all you have to do is borrow someones phone and you're in? Alternatively you could use virtual phone numbers...

About as secure as every other age verification.

[Puupi]

Ah, derp, sooo all you have to do is borrow someones phone and you're in? Alternatively you could use virtual phone numbers...

About as secure as every other age verification.

Would you borrow your phone for that?

It's just as secure as any other online government​ verification.