RE: PORN PASSPORTS
GrandDuke > 19/05/2019, 21:28
Hi stjohn66. It should not be a problem for VIPs as their age is already authenticated by them using their credit card to pay for their membership. Non VIPs who live in the UK will be affected though if they access any porn website without using a credit card or bank account to pay for their access.
I also am unhappy about this development as it breaks once and for all the anonymity of your web usage if you access free sites currently. It will be interesting to see how this plays out as there are a number of options that could be taken to allow access to a site. But the vast database which will be created of people who access porn in the UK will become a blackmailer's dream once hacked, as it surely will be sooner or later. If people can hack into a country's defense systems and into banks as well, where millions is spent on IT security, there seems little doubt that this collection of data will prove irresistible to criminals.
I am wondering whether people who have once been VIPs on their account will have to prove their age yet again to use this website. As this will have been established when they became a VIP originally, I would not expect this to be necessary but it would be good to have this confirmed.