Court Rules in Pornhub’s Favor in Finding Texas Age-Verification Law Violates First Amendment
variety.com
Score one for Pornhub: A federal judge ruled Thursday that a Texas law requiring pornography sites to institute age-verification measures — and add prominent warning labels about the alleged …
  • devils_advocate
    21·
    10 months ago

    Zero knowledge proof. Trusted issuer issues proof of birthdays. User submits proof of minimum age without disclosing additional information.

    • argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
      4·
      10 months ago

      That would require you to disclose proof of your real-life identity to some dubious company for the purpose of unlocking porn. Definitely not privacy-preserving.

      • devils_advocate
        21·
        10 months ago

        The company you disclose your age and online reference to doesn’t need to know how their confirmation will be used. It could be an entity already knowledgeable (DVLA, IRS).

        But yes, if porn is the only use case then this method is self incriminating.

        • argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
          4·
          10 months ago

          But yes, if porn is the only use case then this method is self incriminating.

          That is precisely the problem. It will mostly or only be used for porn.

          • devils_advocate
            1·
            10 months ago

            Yes, mainly:

            Porn, licor, tabaco, gambling.

            But also:

            Jobs, dating, discounts, insurance etc.

          • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
            1·
            10 months ago

            Not really. Most social media involves some rudimentary age verification, even though their age threshold is lower. Same goes for banking and interacting with government sites. Far from the only ones.