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Porn age verification law is unconstitutional, says judge
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My concerns beyond that are that it would force what kind of porn you watch to be traceable. And just because what you like is legal now doesn’t mean it’ll stay that way. Stuff like sadomasochism that’s already controversial as heck all the way to stuff like gay porn. If such things become illegal I don’t trust that “it was legal at the time” will be seen as a good defense.
And beyond that the “warning” they were ordered to put up is blatantly false and fucked up
And even if it is legal, you probably don't want that information to be made public when the site inevitably has a breach.
Agreed. If not for the fact that these laws are obviously just a gateway to more porn restrictions, I'd support a strict pornography age verification. But because it's coming from only the far right conservative group, I know where things will end up if we give an inch. As for your porn being traceable, it already is. Your ISP/VPN sees all of your internet traffic, and you'd be a fool to think that the government doesn't have access to that info.
Your isp doesn't know it's you. It could be anyone on your network. And if you have to identify yourself the government gets involved right away
And I don't want them to assume that it's an adult, because I have young kids at home. I also don't want them to be able to inspect packets to look for an authorization token or something, because that means my traffic isn't secure.
I hate everything about this. If they force verification, I will be installing a VPN for my household to a place that doesn't require it, because I'd rather my kids watch porn than reveal personally identifiable information online. I trust my kids a lot more than I trust websites.
There's a big difference between identifying yourself to a neutral ISP versus identifying yourself to the government. In general, I'm not that skeptical of government, but this is one issue where I worry about the right wing loonies getting their way. God help us if it's ever criminalized
@ssorbom @PP_BOY_ Banning porn would probably cause a lot of growth in porn over Tor / ActivityPub though. So that’d be a positive that would come from such a situation.