Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Kids can torrent my dude. Been doing it since I was like 13, and that's only because before that I was using limewire, then frostwire, then bearshare, then I found torrents because TPB took over. I've been pirating since I was like 9.
That is to say: This dumb ass bullshit isn't even going to work.
I don't think porn is a good thing, but the fact that even if you're an adult with a pass you are limited is pretty bizarre. this is on top of the fact that you are already giving up your privacy to view it.
I am against porn, but this don't solve anything.
How can you be against porn? It's neither good or bad, it exists and I basically don't watch it, but I recognize that others do, why is that a problem that needs solving? To be clear, I'm reading your response as against porn in all forms and for all audiences based on your wording, is that what you mean?
I've got to get me a Spanish porn passport. I likes me some big bootie Spanish girls.
Iirc Spain is one of those countries that makes you install a cert to use some of their government services, which they can then use to MITM all your https connections
Yeah this is not true. First the cert is only used on some government sites, no mitm anywhere. Also if you don't like the cert there are other ways to authenticate yourself, for example using your Id on a electronic reader or normal auth with user name pass and 2fa.
remind me never to go to Spain
On the plus side Spains teenagers are about to become extremely computer literate.
Wouldn’t it be more effective to just grant each user a way to pass verification with age with a token tied to some system and simply use a Ring signature so that user privacy is preserved and no need for limits?
For those in Spain I suggest protonVpn
Is "effective" really the word you want to use?
Of course engineers are going to design the simplest system that meets the requirements. It seems like "privacy" wasn't on the list of requirements here.
So the reason they give you multiple credits instead of just a 30 day cookie when you sign into a website is that it's anonymised right? You generate them and save them offline and the government doesn't know which token belongs to who?
Wait, what are the credits for? You spend them to watch porn or what? So when you're out of credits you're locked out? Sorry but... wtf?
I wonder if threesomes burn through the credits faster. Group kinks are going to be expensive.
On behalf of teen me and adult me, fuck off
And then when it doesn't work because of the laws of nature, they can block filesharing sites on account of porning kids up without requiring porn credits.
When you are out of porn credits before the end of the month, you can go to the good ol' simulator:
Hmm. Driving porn viewers who value their privacy underground couldn't possibly have any negative consequences I can think of.
If your worst-case scenario for lax online identity is that kids might watch porn... I don't give a shit if kids watch porn.
How many here want to bet that VPN companies lobbied the Spanish Government for this?
I don't think this is that bad compared to the alternatives I've seen (it doesn't tie your identity to the content you're viewing, only the use of your credits) but I would be curious to know if the government is also reexamining its sex education curriculum and delivery at the same time. Banning porn won't magically improve the attitudes of young people (particularly men) towards their sexual partners.
(it doesn’t tie your identity to the content you’re viewing, only the use of your credits)
The website can't know this, but the government can easily (and I bet will) link an identity to a token, and know where and when it is used. It can also request metadata on usage of a token, which websites will no doubt want to store.
That the government can track this sort of thing is bad enough, but I'm especially concerned that it or both parties will leak/share/sell their databases, allowing anyone to do the same.
Why do you assume they will? From the design document it sounds like that's not how it will work. You mentioned data leaks but it sounds like there is no history log to leak.
Surely this will work.
"Enthusiasts will be able to request extra credits."
Well that's a relief. For a minute there, I was worried.