Madrid unveils a digital wallet to help porn platforms verify users’ ages.

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

  • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
    85·
    5 months ago

    Wow good job Spain.

    I guess this works because email doesn’t exist.

    I guess this works because file sharing applications and websites don’t exist.

    I guess this works because VPN’s free and paid don’t exist.

    I guess this works because Tor, i2p, Freenet, and Yggdrasil don’t exist.

    I guess this works because torrenting doesn’t exist.

    I guess this works because black markets don’t exist.

    I guess this works because chat applications don’t exist.

    To be a fly on the wall of these government meetings where they talk about this shit would surely be the funniest fucking thing in the world.

    • VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works
      22·
      5 months ago

      I want to be at the meeting a year from now where they realize only two people have ever signed up ‘Yay we fixed porn!’

      Buy who am I kidding they brought VPN shares before this was introduced

    • themurphy@lemmy.ml
      20·
      5 months ago

      You are right, it’s really stupid.

      But it’s also stupid not to consider, that it’s not the real reason they made this in the first place.

      They want to track you, and porn is the first excuse. If this is a success you might need this passport for alot of other things.

      • pdxfed@lemmy.world
        12·
        5 months ago

        Thank you for contributing!

        You’ve used the last of your political observation credits for the month. If you’d like to request more, please visit yourcountry.gov citizen portal and fill out the application. Your wait time will be 3-5 business days. We apologize for the wait but we are currently receiving a high volume of applications.

        -govbot

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    25·
    5 months ago

    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.

    • Crikeste@lemm.ee
      8·
      5 months ago

      I come from a state that has officially mandated that porn websites must verify your age to use them for years. There were many websites that just didn’t give a fuck. X videos in particular. They do now require you to hit a button saying “I’m 18” to process, but I think my point stands.

      These laws do nothing, really.

      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        12·
        5 months ago

        The “I’m 18/21” button on websites has been around since I was a kid in the 90s, used to have to input the “actual” date too so I was born 01/01/1970 according to a lot of now defunct porn sites lol. Also still in use on tobacco, vape, alcohol, and gun websites as well.

        But yeah as I am am example of, lying is always possible lol. I guess this passport or the ID thing in some states is supposed to hinder that, but torrent sites throw a wrench into any censorship efforts and they’re already illegal, they won’t play ball with the ID bullshit, ever.

    • don@lemm.ee
      5·
      5 months ago

      former average dc++ enjoyer here, there’s like 6 of us

    • mihor@lemmy.ml
      1·
      5 months ago

      Please, I’ve been pirating on C64 before I even got the concept of pirating.

        • mihor@lemmy.ml
          1·
          5 months ago

          Umm, didn’t mean to deride you, sorry that I wasn’t clear enough about that, I should’ve been more precise. What I meant to say was that I was pirating before I knew what pirating even meant. I was not old enough at the time and it was in the good old times of C64 when people weren’t generally aware of piracy.

          • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            11·
            5 months ago

            The “please” at the beginning of a statement (not a question) like that is typically used to patronize or condescend, usually only used when being hostile or dismissive. If English isn’t your first language I can understand the misunderstanding.

  • rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee
    24·
    5 months ago

    Hola señores, necesito más créditos de la pornografía porque sus madres tienen tetas grandes.

  • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
    14·
    5 months ago

    At least it will raise tech literacy among youth. If it isn’t as easy and would require some thinking that’s already better than 99% of homework.

    • istanbullu@lemmy.ml
      5·
      5 months ago

      Those kids will install a VPN faster than this bill goes through the Spanish parliament.

      • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
        2·
        5 months ago

        Even something as straightforward nowadays as VPN install can educate a person about cybersecurity as a side effect.

        Thing is most stuff is simply too easy too acquire nowadays. No effort. No thought. Just endless stream of dopamine that is too addicting to even bother inquiring about how the very thing you are using works.

        The victory of convenience will defeat us. There has to be some effort needed to acquire things otherwise they lose any value.

    • Syntha@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      5 months ago

      Only applies to sites who are based in Spain, at least the porn bans in the US went somewhat scorched earth, this limp dicked attempt doesn’t even do that.