I mean, how is age verified without identity verification and/or risk of privacy breaches? Do phones or emails get notifications or alerts? Do you have to do it each and every time et al?

I supposed I'm puzzled as to why anyone would risk watching porn if an app or entity is out there 'verifying' something, and (presumably) these things can be exploited or hacked.

I'm also assuming (hoping) that there are some hackers out there who are working on a workaround or add on.

thanks

Please share your observations, experiences and/or concerns.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 51 minutes ago

Yeah one time I got a pop up asking me to confirm I was over 18. I had to click yes. It was a tough time for me but I made it through.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago

Since this is a piracy community, you should know that the best websites for anything don't adhere to these types of laws. I'm always surprised by the number of people who don't bother to look beyond the mainstream options (wikis exist for a reason) and either cave to whatever is being enforced or desperately look for ways to circumvent it. You don't have to play that game at all.

[–] irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 hours ago

I bail or use VPN fir anything asking for that kind of verification, porn or otherwise.

Never give your ID or any other info to age or identity verification sites whether it's porn, sex education, social media, dating sites, or any of the sites that are starting to require it. 99.999999999999999999% chance it will get mishandled and leaked. The promise to delete the data immediately after verifying, but all the leaks have proven they or their contractors don't actually do it.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

In 2026 why aren't you buying VPN service? It's kind of common sense at this point

[–] locuester@lemmy.zip 11 points 10 hours ago

My state requires age identification.

Non-US owned/friendly porn sites (xvids) simply work like normal. They don’t care.

The big US name site (ph) blocks the whole site and show a video saying that age verification sucks so they’ll just block the whole states’ users. VPN bypasses easily.

Not sure how other sites handle. I just checked those 2. I’m not a big pron guy tbh.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 20 points 12 hours ago

My state is one that has recently adopted age verification requirements. Adult sites seem to be complying through IP geolocation, requiring users in my state to establish accounts. I think they are requiring a credit/debit card on file as evidence of age, but I cannot say that with any certainty.

VPN servers in less-oppressive jurisdictions bypass the account-creation requirement.

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 17 points 12 hours ago

It asked in Australia so I copied the link into a stream ripper site and used their preview mode. I'm not a big porn guy but I am a big fuck your rules guy.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 11 hours ago

I just used a VPN, and when that stops working I'll either lie to their selfie age ID thing with a video or I'll find a site that doesn't age verify.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 4 points 11 hours ago

I just bail on any site that requires age verification. It sucks, but there are still some that work. I do hear that using a VPN can often help.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 12 hours ago

They have this very complex system of presenting you with two links. One lets you access the tiddies, the other sends you to Club Penguin. Impossible to circumvent. But some hackers claim to manage to do it by "reading".

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 0 points 11 hours ago

Nope. Even if the government (Brazil) controlling my homeland is one of those shitting "think on the children! [because we don't]" laws.

I don't know if this is related to my browser reporting my geolocation as NZ, and the default page language being Italian, it's possible bad design is helping me out.