[Discussion] How do you feel about age verification on Porn sites? (lemmings.world)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Rustmilian@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Porn sites Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat face stricter requirements to verify the ages of their users after being officially designated as “Very Large Online Platforms” (VLOPs) under the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

I personally have mixed feelings, as the information collection could be used to link individuals and profile them. Possibly leading to discrimination if abused.

But I also feel that any random kid shouldn't be able to just go to these sites and see porn freely.
Ofc, there's always going to be those who mange to circumvent any protection put in place but it'd be much harder then just clicking a link or typing in the address.

I also feel that parents should actively monitor their kids online activities and step up a Blocklist to pro-actively prevent kids from reaching these sites to begin with.

What are your thoughts on this?

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[-] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 0 points 9 months ago

That's still worrying: wouldn't some central authority know that "site X requested age verification for this person"?

[-] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

No. There is no 3rd party service needed. It all can happen only between the service asking and the id (smart card).

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works -1 points 9 months ago

... and that's different from the service having a record of your photo ID?

[-] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

The service gets no other information other then "Is the holder of the id older then 18" => "Yes"

There is no personal data exchange.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works -1 points 9 months ago

Oh, so it's just some other service knowing you, personally, visited a particular porn site.

And that's completely immune to leaks or government snooping.

[-] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

No. Again. There is no other service involved. Pls do some research.

The basic idea is ZKP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof

This here looks like a good write up: https://www.identity.com/zero-knowledge-proofs/

this post was submitted on 20 Dec 2023

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