UK members - Porn Age Verification / ID Checks

I don’t know how many here are in the UK, but in case you don’t already know, all porn sites will be required to age verify users by this Friday, 25 July.

Not sure yet quite how this will look, and if it will differ from site to site, but credit card checks / uploading photo ID, mobile phone network checks, etc, look likely.

I guess this was inevitable really, with how easy it has always been for someone of any age to access hardcore porn online. Even a toddler can click on a ‘Yes I am over 18 box’ and see absolutely anything.

I hope it’s all relatively simple, I’m not crazy about the thought of these sites having my photo on file, not to mention credit card details, etc.

It’s a little scary to think that your ID / photo will be permanently linked to whatever you access. Perhaps it will make those who access really bad (like illegal) stuff think twice about what they search for.

But for those of us who just want to view ‘normal’ ie legal content, I really hope this isn’t all too complicated. Has anyone already ran their ID check through an app or any porn sites yet in relation to this? I’m hoping that I don’t have to use multiple check apps in order to access the handful of sites I use. I also hope the process is as simple and non intrusive as possible, if they can do some sort of age check via your mobile provider, maybe that would be the best option.

Thanks

 

Here, they want your driver's license for age and photo on record .... Pornhub and others have either been blocked for age verification, or they just won't offer the service here because they don't want the risk of maintaining your data securely.

 

I shan't be giving my details to a porn site. How to get visual stimulation without porn? Well, I'll chat to people online and hopefully we'll do more

 

Vpns

 

VPN is the answer for now though I have no doubt uncle Joe Starmer has his minions hard at work ending this work around.

 

You are so right, but GCHQ etc, has told him to knock that one on the head (no pun intended...lol).

As all their own phones have VPN's as a mater of course. Yes their coms for work, is far more complicated then anything on the VPN, market can offer.

 

There's history of being able to access things where content was said to be end-to-end encrypted or passwords supposedly couldn't be cracked . It's a myth - albeit a common one - that VPNs hide you or your history.

 

I no longer download or view any porn on line because of that. I am definitely of legal age but don't wish to be profiled this way. I now source porn off the net which has meant I don't view any porn at all now. I get as much real action sex kicks as possible but mostly I spend time on sites like HipForums. I totally get the reasons behind the safety rules but even though I don't engage in anything unseemly and illegal I prefer a certain amount of anonymity.

 

Pornhub has been playing up. I see that they aren’t accepting new UK users anymore. But even as someone who already had an account, it’s not wanting to let me login. Keeps saying credentials invalid. Said it’s sent a verification code to my email, the code never arrived. Clicked on change email, managed to login via different email. Later today couldn’t get on with either the old or new email.

F*** them. It’s getting near impossible to watch porn online in the UK. I don’t want to enter credit card details or upload a photo of my face to any of these sites, and I don’t use a VPN. Looks like I won’t be watching porn much anymore.

 

I am sick to death of the 'Big Brother' world minding everybody's business in every which way. There is very little you can do in life anymore that isn't subject to over zealous scrutiny - they track everything you spend money on - food, clothing, travel, entertainment, - bloody everything. You have no real freedom or anonymity even if you do no wrong. Protectionism gone mad. We are in a prison that we can't escape from nor will we be given freedom from it. Kafka meets Orwell in a Brave New World.