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Governments are cracking down on adult content with strict age-verification laws—but the “solutions” put your privacy at serious risk. In this video we unpack how ID checks, face scans, and AI detection actually work, why they’re easy to hack, and the hidden dangers of handing over your personal data to access the internet.

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Mint Secure Report: https://mint-secure.de/dataprotection-it-security-risks-with-ageverificationapp-yoti/

History & Laws

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act

ShuftiPro – 2025 age verification law updates: https://shuftipro.com/blog/age-verification-laws-2025-update/

Verification Platforms & Privacy Policies

AgeChecker privacy policy: https://agechecker.net/privacy

BankCard acquisition of AgeChecker: https://www.bankcardusa.com/

BuiltWith list of AgeChecker-enabled sites: https://trends.builtwith.com/websitelist/AgeChecker.Net

Yoti Age Estimation White Paper (2024): https://www.yoti.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Yoti-Age-Estimation-White-Paper-September-2024-PUBLIC.pdf

Mint Secure report on Yoti data risks: https://mint-secure.de/dataprotection-it-security-risks-with-ageverificationapp-yoti/

Algorath analysis of Yoti Face ID: https://algorath.com/portfolio/face-id-verification-yoti/

Case Studies & Data

Common Sense – Teens & pornography report (2022): [no direct URL provided in script]

BBC – OnlyFans fined for age verification error: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr42g1lprw5o

Financial Times – OnlyFans age requirement reporting: https://www.ft.com/content/b12607b6-6309-45f8-b338-8a07db8ac3da

The Guardian – Children’s exposure after UK Online Safety Act: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/18/children-exposure-to-porn-online-safety-act-commissioner?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Bypass Methods & Hacks

PC Gamer – Discord face scan bypass with Death Stranding: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/brits-can-get-around-discords-age-verification-thanks-to-death-strandings-photo-mode-bypassing-the-measure-introduced-with-the-uks-online-safety-act-we-tried-it-and-it-works-thanks-kojima/

Twitter/X video of bypass: https://x.com/DanySterkhov/status/1948665431633404170

YouTube short showing hack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-d94npc710c

Traffic & VPN Surge

Serve Legal – VPN surge after UK safety act: https://www.servelegal.co.uk/news/surge-in-vpn-use-as-internet-users-reject-online-safety-act

Wired – VPN use spike after age verification laws: https://www.wired.com/story/vpn-use-spike-age-verification-laws-uk/

Yahoo Tech – Proton VPN sees 1000% increase: https://tech.yahoo.com/articles/proton-vpn-sees-1-000-173458325.html

Mashable – Proton VPN UK age verification signups: https://mashable.com/article/proton-vpn-uk-age-verification-signups

Trust.Zone – VPN usage after Florida bans: https://trust.zone/post/after-florida-bans-pornhub-vpn-usage-skyrockets-trustzone-vpn

Mashable – Proton VPN surge in France: https://mashable.com/article/proton-vpn-pornhub-france

Other References

YouTube blog – Teen protections and AI-based detection: https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/extending-our-built-in-protections-to-more-teens-on-youtube/

VRChat ID blackmail story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exLtUH2bO6M&t=197s

LA Wallet digital ID system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIosGNxvs6Y