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Tuesday 29 October 2019

Australia wants to use facial recognition to verify people watching online porn


Ever since the first porn video was uploaded to the internet, the worry of minors stumbling across it has persisted. Surprisingly — as I’m sure you already know — finding porn online is an easy task requiring just a quick Google search. Governments are working to make it one-step harder to access porn online. Yesterday, Australia‘s Department of Home Affairs proposed to start scanning porn viewers’ faces and match them up with government photos to verify their age using its ‘Face Verification Service’ — an image database of Australian citizens that is managed by government agencies. “Home Affairs is developing…

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