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Finally it seems the end of Reddit is near.

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[–] Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Didn't they ban NSFW a year ago?

Not globally at least. Let's just say I have an inside source

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[–] genevieve@sh.itjust.works 372 points 1 week ago (8 children)

“Reddit has stressed that this system is only to verify users' age, and it has no interest in your identity. Lee further stated that Persona won't know what subreddits you visit, and has promised it won't keep users' uploaded images more than seven days.”

Press X to doubt.

[–] dugmeup@lemmy.world 143 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 99 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Under the new UK law, lemmynsfw would also need to have some kind of age verification for UK users.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 129 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This. Can't believe we're seeing "lol Reddit sucks" when this is a country-wide implementation and has nothing to do with Reddit in particular.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 1 week ago (6 children)
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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 68 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Real talk - or what? If LemmyNSFW isn't based in the UK, what can they do?

Block it? I'd rather have that than deal with processing users face data.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 27 points 1 week ago

Honestly I have no idea. I guess they could just block it if they don't comply?

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[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It is not just that, I don't trust Persona security, if a malicious actor installed a silent program that monitors users and sends it to a command and control center they probably won't know for months or even years. Cyber security is very bad in most companies.

https://xcancel.com/H4ckmanac

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago

Very careful wording there to switch between Persona and Reddit to conveniently omit one from the justification given by the other.

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[–] genevieve@sh.itjust.works 164 points 1 week ago (9 children)

The “won’t somebody please think of the children” rhetorical tactic is always just a pretext for authoritarianism, mass surveillance and data privacy intrusion. Always. It’s the perfect motte-and-bailey: when you attack the actual motives, the motte becomes, “So you don’t care about children?”

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 70 points 1 week ago

UK is full blown authoritarian now. They have been arresting journalists who are covering the genocide in Gaza and designated a direct action protest group as a terrorist organisation.

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[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 123 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This is a combination of terrible legislation in the UK meets awful social media site.

The Online Safety Act is an abomination, compromising the privacy and freedom of the vast majority of the UK in the name of "protecting children".

I'm of the view parents are responsible for protecting their children. I know it's hard but the Online Safety Act is not a solution.

All it will.do is compromise the privacy and security of law abiding adults while kids will still access porn and all the other really bad stuff on the Internet will actually be unaffected. The dark illegal shit on the Internet is not happening on Pornhub or Reddit.

The UK is gradually sliding further and further into censorship, and authoritarianism and all the in the name of do gooders. It's scary to watch.

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 61 points 1 week ago

The online safety act isn't actually about protecting children. That's a smoke screen for a surveillance bill. They want to eliminate anonymity online.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 49 points 1 week ago (18 children)

The solution to all of this “think of the children” stuff is that devices owned/used by children should have to be registered as a child’s device, which would enable certain content blockers.

Forcing adults to verify their identity, rather than simply activating some broad based restrictions on devices being purchased for child use, is a waste of time. Kids will still find workarounds. Adult privacy will be compromised.

Its also an easily enforceable policy to require registration of children’s devices. You can hold the parents to compliance. You can hold the carriers to compliance. Its truly the simplest way to keep kids from accessing porn without having to mess with adult use of the internet whatsoever

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[–] ageek@lemmy.world 105 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Next in the news: "500k Usernames, Passwords and biometric data leaked in the latest hack"

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 week ago

So...coming soon: an app that can match up images of friends or colleagues with a summary of their pornography preferences.

This could at least liven up some boring meetings or dull parties...

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Yeah, I will definitely trust an internet stranger with my face so they can verify that I'm not underage to access content which could, in case of being leaked, damage my reputation or even destroy my life.

DEFINITELY

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 77 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Yeah, fuck all that.

Guess we're transitioning into a VPN only future.

We have the opportunity to head into a utopic or dystopic future and we're absolutely choosing the dystopic one.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago (6 children)

They'll criminalize personal VPN users for non-work purposes, next.

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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 69 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] bnrnrtbgd@sh.itjust.works 69 points 1 week ago (18 children)

If the UK is going to require adult verification it should be built into your internet contract. Yeah, I'm an adult. I'm paying my bills, of course I'm a fucking adult. I over pay for this garbage internet.

Uploading a selfie? The ai is going to determine if you're over 18? Can the ai determine if the selfie is also ai?

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[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, I guess i am going to be regularly updating the metadata on my most recent selfie.

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[–] jjmoldy@lemmy.world 62 points 1 week ago (8 children)

POV: You're the intern tasked with reviewing the selfies.

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[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 57 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This whole thing is a security disaster waiting to happen.

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[–] jhoward@lemmy.sdf.org 52 points 1 week ago (8 children)

What's to stop uploading a random picture of a person? Or even an AI generated person? I get what they're trying to do, but seems like legislative theater more than anything.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I've once attempted to open a bank account where they wanted video proof, and expected me to say a randomly assigned phrase, to solve the issue you mention.

I didn't do it. Fucking KYC is BS.

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Banks are highly regulated so it is not surprising that they would be strict in this, reddit on the other hand has no business doing it.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

has no business doing it.

Reddit is doing this as a response to regulation as well (1). Governments all around europe (2) are turning communications into a highly regulated environment ("for the children"), because they're afraid of people communicating and having thoughts. UK is just one of the early adaptors.

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[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago (3 children)

u/spez was the lead moderator of r/jailbait, and when he was caught, he got rid of mod transparency. Ghilisaine Maxwell was likely a l lead moderator of news Reddits as well (u/MaxwellHill). Reddit has always been compromised.

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[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Lmao when the "anonymous" online forum requires de-anonymizing, I want to hope everyone leaves

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[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

To follow compliance with the Know Your Customer Pornographic Materials Act, please use the following guidelines for your photograph:

  1. The picture must be clear, at least 720x480p.

  2. The picture must include your entire body, including your head and toes. Portrait only. *This helps us identify you better.

  3. Please remove any articles of clothing, your body must be unimpeded by any obstruction. *Burqas and other headscarves must be removed, no exceptions.

  4. If you were assigned female at birth, you will be required to rotate 180 degrees and upload another portrait photograph of your back. *Please use only your valid binary gender at birth, either male or female.

  5. Further requests for identification photos are at our discretion, our board has full authority. You may be required to upload alternative photos, such as positions bending over to help us identify your genitalia to ensure it matches your birth gender.

Thank you for using Persona. For any questions or complaints, please direct them to: BigDaddyGuns6969@aol.com. Please allow up to 14 days for an initial response, and 88 hours for subsequent replies.

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[–] fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They better be NSFW selfies.

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[–] Cliff@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

Just upload a picture of any politician who voted for this.

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 30 points 1 week ago (9 children)

There's a bunch of AI face generating pictures. I wonder if you can just use those. Or maybe this is just to create a new law to arrest people of uploading fake pictures...

https://thispersonnotexist.org/

https://this-person-does-not-exist.com/en

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[–] minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (3 children)

We thought the same thing about Netflix with the sharing password bans. Yet they retained more profit than ever the next year.

Who's to say if this is what will make Reddit end, or did they actually just got more successful after the end of 3rd party apps compared to the declaration of so many users back then?

Digital personal verification is just going to become a fact of life in the future for everyone born after about 2012. They will use online ID cards, biometrics, location metadata that is constantly uploaded by our devices, maybe even implanted RFID encrypted chips for account verification. Passwords are becoming outdated and outmoded for security as we speak here. 2FA is the minimum security for online today but that may soon become outmoded as well.

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[–] berno@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

Fuck Reddit fuck spez

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Kier Starmer voice: “We are an island, of wankers”

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[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Keeping the age verifier seperate from the content host is good. Destroying the files used for verification is good. On paper it's not too a bad system for age verification, but it really hinges on if you can trust them. Given the track record of basically almost every company and government ever...

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago
[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Let's see how much VPN subscription count will go up

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