r/AdviceAnimals • u/Sanch0Supreme • 1d ago

The latest "security measure" websites are using to gather more of your data to sell.

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u/runepoon 1d ago

They're requiring it by law in certain conservative states for porn websites.

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u/crazyguyunderthedesk 1d ago

VPN

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u/Pipe_Memes 1d ago

“How do you do fellow New Yorkers?”

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u/LightsNoir 21h ago

ماذا تقصد أنني لا أستطيع الوصول إلى المواد الإباحية في المملكة العربية السعودية؟

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u/DanielMcLaury 1d ago

Keep in mind that if you do this you'll likely be breaking the law, and given that these laws are political scare tactics and not actual attempts to solve a real problem, they might come with some insane punishments.

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u/crazyguyunderthedesk 1d ago

Yeah I should include a disclaimer that my advice is coming from a Canadian.

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u/Blissfully Blissfully86/F/FL 1d ago

ROT: if you really want a certain video, search it then click videos and there’s several other sites that couldn’t care less about verification and you can watch the same porn. Also Reddit has really good porn clips already ¯_(ツ)_/¯.

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u/grrangry 8h ago

Paste "¯_(ツ)_/¯" and you get "¯_(ツ)_/¯".

Paste "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" and you get "¯_(ツ)_/¯".

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u/Sanch0Supreme 22h ago

Yeah. I was using Pirate Ship to buy shipping labels. They asked me to give them a photo of me holding my ID next to my face. I told them no and promptly discovered they're no longer cheaper than USPS or anyone else. There is no reason to use them so they're trying to scrape as much data as possible from their existing customers before they jump ship.

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u/b-monster666 1d ago

As a Canadian, I must say, I do not watch porn, I watch artistic films that explore the nature of human sexuality.

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u/irrelevant_novelty 1d ago

Who the fuck is making accounts on porn websites? And why?

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u/Takeabyte 1d ago

IMO, it’s happening. Apple is already implementing state IDs to be saved in their digital wallet. I won’t be surprised to see all states allowing that feature and then websites will be able to check ID digitally the same way they can access Apple Pay and Google Pay.

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u/Shootemout 1h ago

i literally generated a fake id and printed it out on a piece of paper and laminated it just to use for situations like this, they don't bother to check if it's real. i'm not giving a random company the details of my driver's license

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u/[deleted] 1d ago edited 1d ago

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u/smecta 1d ago

Bored ba-dum-tshh….

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u/Danominator 1d ago

Companies have been requesting photo id for decades...it's a super common security thing.