Such an unfathomably stupid idea to use facial recognition for this. It would be funny if it weren't so dangerous.

The great thing about the kind of idiots that pass these stupid laws is that they are idiots.

The terrible thing is that since they are idiots they won't see this as proof that the law is stupid but instead that they should make the law stupider.

That image is hilarious.

What a joke.

Damn there's a whole bunch of Norman Resdus' in the UK.

So let me try and think this out.

Norman Resdus' face is used to get around this crap ----> they filter out Norman's face ----> poor Norman Resdus can no longer use UK internet.

Well, now its government ID or straight to jail.

Another 80’s “unbelievable conspiracy theory” now (or soon) law. Hey if you get the subdermal chip its so convenient.

https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a repatriate full of cryptobiotes.

you only need a copy of Death Stranding and a phone

Do you actually need the phone or can you use a screenshot?

Also, if they're accessing Baldur's Gate 3 fan fiction, shouldn't they have used the photo mode from Baldur's Gate 3? Surely no one is more entitled to read Minthara erotica than Minthara herself.

I know this is a bit different. I'm in the UK and there's a few sites I use which can't implement the age verification due to being a small team so they've straight up banned all UK traffic.

VPN to another EU location seems to work. I'm actually surprised it was that easy. It also works on a bunch of sites I wish not to have an account. Not all, but most.

The politicians who passed this are either clueless morons or are using this to push some other agenda (no idea what).

Identity theft is not a joke, but sure is useful.

And i title that caught my eye after the article :

Nexus Mods will soon require age verification for UK and EU users looking for its treasure trove of adult mods

SHIT

Cyberpunk in fiction vs this

This is untrue. I can't do this because I can't convince the verification tool that my phone really has a camera, so I can't show it Norman Reedus.

If I understand this correctly, according to UK government logic, Discord's actions are comparable to a store selling alcohol to (potentially) thousands of minors who are wearing fake beards. What sort of punishment shall befall them for this misdeed, I wonder...

Didn't Discord add this before the UK law, tho? And can this work around be used for other photo verification things on other sites?

I think one of the age ID things needs to detect movement. I tried it with a still photo of Kier Starmer and it wouldn't have it. I'll have to experiment.

Yet another Kojima W

LOL

”Criminals, the lot of you!”

Incredible. Always good to hear some positivity in the news.