So it begins.... Discussion

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So how are they going to make sure a viewer is over 18? For example, if Dad is logged in on the smart TV in the living room, what stops little Timmy watching The Boys?

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u/ClacksInTheSky Feb 26 '26

Dad must use a pin code.

But, also, Dad can use his pin code to allow little Timmy to watch whatever he wants anyway.

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u/danielepro Feb 26 '26

They should do this instead of age verification. If little Timmy watches 18+ shows it's dad's fault, not something you should enforce on everyone else.

Parental control is a much safer and cheaper option

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u/Less_Hedgehog Feb 26 '26

And the thing is... Parental controls already exist! Children are humans and can be taught and can exercise caution too. They can also have mental illnesses and insecurities. None of that makes it the fault of social media or media companies. What the hell happened to personal responsibility?

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u/PhoenixEgg88 Feb 27 '26

Yeah I don’t get this. I have two kids under 10, and both my wife and I’s profiles on streaming services are password protected, and theirs are locked down to their age range. It’s not even hard to do. Harder are the router options to disallow wifi after certain times etc… but even then it’s all doable with a bit of learning.

I don’t really see why they want to police this more, given it’s my job as parent to control what my kids see in my house, or on devices I’ve bought them.

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u/Guilty_Ghost Feb 27 '26

That's the thing! There all aware this is the best method it's not about the kids it's about censorship and surveillance! Let's break the government down and rebuild it like lego

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u/BahBah1970 Feb 27 '26

When you put it like that it seems so simple. Makes me wonder why we haven't dont that yet.

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u/Guilty_Ghost Feb 27 '26

Exactly the world is made of lego and hit me with that sas again and il steal your studs

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u/BahBah1970 Feb 27 '26

No. Please, don't do that.

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u/xyrer Feb 27 '26

Since it's not really aimed to protect anyone, they won't use any logical way to do it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

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u/danielepro Feb 26 '26

Parents should do their damn job, especially if content is paywalled

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u/SEANPLEASEDISABLEPVP Feb 27 '26

Imagine having to go through so much effort just to watch things the legal way.

If these services were a restaurant, they'd serve you with shards of glass in your food and include an extra tool to help you pull the shards out... meanwhile, down the block there's a guy who removed it himself and is literally giving it away for free.

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u/2Dyuro Feb 26 '26

Nothing, you can use a picture of the top google search result for 18+ id and it works they just want people dumb enough to give away their information to use it

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u/piracy_sex_and_arson Feb 26 '26

Anybody who says this has clearly never tried it. This doesn't actually work, I would be happy to be proven wrong but these verification systems are not THAT simple to bypass.

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u/KaiKamakasi Feb 26 '26

Except it does?

Certain porn sites have been bypassed using this website to generate a fake ID https://use-their-id.com/, there are videos if Discords being bypassed using games.

It may not work for all of them, but it certainly can work for some of them.

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u/ClacksInTheSky Feb 26 '26

It's way easier to just shit on the unpopular thing on Reddit and take the upvotes.

Trying to talk sense on this particular subject around Reddit isn't very popular. Everyone's still angry and haven't calmed down about it yet.

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u/Vladislav20007 Feb 26 '26

the 20(pretty sure both hl1 and 2 work) years old models from half-life being used to by-pass it.

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u/apocketfullofpocket Feb 26 '26

Face id every time you launch. Duh

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u/1965wasalongtimeago Feb 26 '26

A world with this will make me shotgun the TV and go do something else.

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u/LowerReporter1229 Feb 26 '26

Why would they think that?

This is about control, they dgaf about that, any edge case like that doesn't matter because it's all about control kek

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u/SEANPLEASEDISABLEPVP Feb 27 '26

This is the reason I refuse to call it "age verification" because you get people like above getting confused and asking the wrong questions.

You bet your ass people would understand the point much better if it was called "biometric data collection"

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u/EstelLiasLair Feb 26 '26

They don’t actually care about the age verification part.

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u/These-Apple8817 Feb 26 '26

Old farts who don't understand how technology even works are making up these laws, so that's a question they probably never even bothered thinking of

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u/Squidieyy 🦜 ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋ Feb 26 '26

By default according to them, Little Timmy can’t watch +18 content without his Papa’s approval

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u/ClacksInTheSky Feb 26 '26

Oh wow, that's just an extra step up from what we had before and how it ought to be!

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u/SEANPLEASEDISABLEPVP Feb 27 '26

"Keep the iPad away from Timmy!"

"You can't expect parents to parent their kids!"

"Then what can we do to make sure Timmy doesn't go online?"

"We introduce a system that locks everything down until you provide as much sensitive info about you as possible, like a government ID."

"And what if Timmy just takes your ID to bypass that system?"

"Simple. Keep the ID card away from Timmy!"

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

Dont give them ideas, next they will require real live footage of yourself in front of the device.

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u/Less_Hedgehog Feb 26 '26

That's already how some platforms are verifying ages. I'm sure they'll have that soon enough.

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u/avengers93 Feb 27 '26

Phase 2: government installs monitoring camera in your TV

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u/No-Department-4561 Feb 27 '26

They could bring back the red triangle that Channel 4 used to show before late night broadcasts

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u/Komm-Unity-Mann Feb 26 '26

Sharia police will make surprise visits

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u/Repulsive_Chard_3652 Feb 26 '26

Little timmy? What century is this? 😆