https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/02/tech/pornhub-utah-age-verification/index.html
Some of the internet’s biggest adult websites, including Pornhub, are now blocking access to Utah users over a new age verification law that takes effect on Wednesday.
Pornhub and other adult sites controlled by its parent, MindGeek, began blocking visitors with Utah-based IP addresses this week. Now, instead of seeing adult content when visiting those sites, affected users are shown a message expressing opposition to SB287, the Utah law signed by Gov. Spencer Cox in March that creates liability for porn sites that make their content available to people below the age of 18.
“As you may know, your elected officials in Utah are requiring us to verify your age before allowing you access to our website,” the message said. “While safety and compliance are at the forefront of our mission, giving your ID card every time you want to visit an adult platform is not the most effective solution for protecting our users, and in fact, will put children and your privacy at risk.”
Utah coomers furiously googling proxies.
Blocking children from viewing pornhub somehow puts them at risk.
Porn sites tend to be stingy on security.
How would they verify age?
Its certainly doable if everyone has a state ID or some kind of interlinked system with the state.
Like how pages have google logins? If you had that but for the state.
But that requires you to have an ID for porn or have your state ID linked up to an online, government system thats searchable and tracks your internet usage.
And that probably requires phone verification or some way to verify with the user, right then and there, that the person entering shit into a website is the person who owns the account.
Its doable but also so...so ripe for hacking.
Hell, just make a fake porn site and get everyone's state ID info.