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Spain introduces porn passport to stop kids from watching smut (www.politico.eu)

submitted 5 months ago by Salix@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The Spanish government has a plan to prevent kids from watching porn online: Meet the porn passport.

Officially (and drily) called the Digital Wallet Beta (Cartera Digital Beta), the app Madrid unveiled on Monday would allow internet platforms to check whether a prospective smut-watcher is over 18. Porn-viewers will be asked to use the app to verify their age. Once verified, they'll receive 30 generated “porn credits” with a one-month validity granting them access to adult content. Enthusiasts will be able to request extra credits.

You have to request more porn credits from the government if you need more? Don't want the government to be tracking this data of you. This is a privacy issue

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 72 points 5 months ago (3 children)

So teens learn about Tor & VPNs. This stuff doesn't work. The higher you put the skills to get access, the more they will learn. Nothing motivates teens more than access to adult stuff. Maybe this is really a tech literacy policy.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 5 months ago

Learning to circumvent my parent's fumbling attempts to keep me off of early nineties bulletin board porn made me the man I am today.

[–] kworpy@lemm.ee 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yup, all you're doing is teaching them to cover their tracks

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

A generation of privacy savvy citizens doesn't sound bad.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Much easier just to go to sketchy websites than learn how to hide your traffic

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago

Or, just as likely, go to the sketchy VPNs from the first Play Store results.