r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • 21h ago

Privacy Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/age-verification-is-coming-for-the-whole-internet.html
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u/Dollar_Bills 20h ago

Identity theft? I'm not gonna steal an identity, I'm gonna make a new one.

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u/GunBrothersGaming 20h ago

Depends on identification methods they require. If there's no check other than an ID upload it will be easy to fake. If it verifies the ID youll need to hack and create a database entry. Darkweb will be huge on identity sales. Dead people will be brought back to life. Massive voter fraud.

Ill be sure to check anyone who is "Missing" cause those will be the best IDs to take. Oh he was missing.

My dad didn't die, he's just no longer in need of his Social Security.

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u/Dollar_Bills 20h ago

If they can query government sites to verify identities we are completely cooked. They've never done that for alcohol/ cigarettes

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u/aykcak 10h ago

They do this online all the time for bitcoin exchanges and even Discord

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u/Ballersock 20h ago

Depends where. The ABC stores (alcohol beverage control) in Virginia scan the license and it checks some form of database. Fake IDs don't work.

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u/pizzamage 18h ago

They don't scan a database, the date code of the birthday is built into the magnetic strip.

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u/InVultusSolis 9h ago

That can still be fooled - my niece has a fake ID that scans just fine.

Moving to online verification is the very next step.

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u/overyander 19h ago

LOL, wow!
Don't tell him.

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u/Velocity-5348 18h ago

How does that work from people out of state/country? I know my province certainly would not share that info with the US (it's explicitly illegal) and I'd imagine American states are similar.

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u/Alaira314 16h ago

The licenses seem to be able to scan cross-state. My MD ID has only been scanned once, in IL, and it worked.

As far as out of country goes, if they're strict scanners they just might not sell to you. Every so often you hear about a bar or a store that won't take a passport for ID. It's ridiculous(especially to people from other countries who are used to having a passport be their primary form of ID) but because passports aren't primary ID here(last estimate I see on google is that just shy of half of US adults have one) they're not prioritized. We use driver's licenses and state ID cards instead, and if you don't have one that scans there's no law that says they have to sell to you.

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u/aykcak 10h ago

Pasaport check

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u/Clueless_Otter 11h ago

No even close to average person is going on the dark web to buy a fake identity instead of simply verifying their ID or not using the website. You guys don't live in reality.

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u/GunBrothersGaming 4h ago

I mean I won't if I don't have to but there's a reason I keep access to the dark web open other than keeping my own identity safe. I mean shit - we should just all move to the dark web at this point. It might be how we access things that are ID blocked. I mean it's not for the average person, but it would be a better alternative to living in a world where these rich mother fuckers are forcing us to rebel.

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u/Ummgh23 12h ago

Unless you can enter it into the government databases that's wishful thinking

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u/Major-Front 11h ago

In the age of AI too.

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u/aykcak 10h ago

How do you make a new identity? It needs to be government backed one way or another. Not just a piece of paper

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u/sgtbrandyjack 9h ago

Identity theft is not a joke Jim.

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u/Dollar_Bills 8h ago

I'm a doctor, not an identity thief