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
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.
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
and probably have some of the most depraved porn habits imaginable
Bought VPN shares and water shipping company shares because they know wasting money on this shit instead of on public infrastructure to provide more reliable clean water is only good for commercial interests.
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.
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
it’s for the children!
They said as they erode more freedom/privacy for the general population.
On the plus side Spains teenagers are about to become extremely computer literate.
In other news, Spain sees a surge in VPN services subscription.
This government intrusion is brought to you by Surfshark.
They made this to send people from legal sites to illegal sites.
“Enthusiasts will be able to request extra credits.”
Well that’s a relief. For a minute there, I was worried.
Back in my day, extra credit had to be earned.
I’m already chafed.
Porn passport = Wanking license
Also known as “pajaporte” in Spanish (paja = wank)
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Oi mate! Wankin loicense! Give it here. Noi!
Hola señores, necesito más créditos de la pornografía porque sus madres tienen tetas grandes.
Vergas son mejores; te lo doy si te comportas. Lol
Mi chiste favorito de la escuela…Cuando esta lloviendo, a ti te gusta ver gotitas? O ver gototas?
A mi me encantan las ver gototas.
Senior governor, necesitamos assistancia pornografica. Mas creditos por favor! Esas chiches no se pagan solas!
Yo what the fuck guys can you not
Government giving you porn credits sounds hilarious.
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.
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.
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.
former average dc++ enjoyer here, there’s like 6 of us
There’s half a dozens of us!
Please, I’ve been pirating on C64 before I even got the concept of pirating.
Oohhh someone was born earlier and that makes them the coolest guy ever! “Please” lol.
Jerk-off motion/eye-roll combo.
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.
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.
No one expects the Spanish Imposition.
The Spanish Inhibition
Spanish (limited) Exhibition
The Spanish Intermission
The Spanish Invasion (of privacy)?
How many here want to bet that VPN companies lobbied the Spanish Government for this?
On behalf of teen me and adult me, fuck off
