“Reddit has stressed that this system is only to verify users' age, and it has no interest in your identity. Lee further stated that Persona won't know what subreddits you visit, and has promised it won't keep users' uploaded images more than seven days.”

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Yeah, I will definitely trust an internet stranger with my face so they can verify that I'm not underage to access content which could, in case of being leaked, damage my reputation or even destroy my life.

DEFINITELY

Very careful wording there to switch between Persona and Reddit to conveniently omit one from the justification given by the other.

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Time to go to LemmyNSFW

That's how they get your real identity and kompromat you/send you to jail for opposing the Western genocide du jour...

What's to stop uploading a random picture of a person? Or even an AI generated person? I get what they're trying to do, but seems like legislative theater more than anything.

The “won’t somebody please think of the children” rhetorical tactic is always just a pretext for authoritarianism, mass surveillance and data privacy intrusion. Always. It’s the perfect motte-and-bailey: when you attack the actual motives, the motte becomes, “So you don’t care about children?”

Why would anyone use that shit after this?

....tests for science

No we don't?

Alas, old.reddit wankers ahoy

I've once attempted to open a bank account where they wanted video proof, and expected me to say a randomly assigned phrase, to solve the issue you mention.

I didn't do it. Fucking KYC is BS.

It is not just that, I don't trust Persona security, if a malicious actor installed a silent program that monitors users and sends it to a command and control center they probably won't know for months or even years. Cyber security is very bad in most companies.

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How old is your account?

Let's see how much VPN subscription count will go up

Because all the alternatives will have to implement similar shit as well. It's UK law.

Banks are highly regulated so it is not surprising that they would be strict in this, reddit on the other hand has no business doing it.

So from my experience of these type of systems (mostly in the context of banking services) they normally want to use your devices camera to take the picture directly, and normally also want a photo of a photographic ID to compare against.

has no business doing it.

Reddit is doing this as a response to regulation as well (1). Governments all around europe (2) are turning communications into a highly regulated environment ("for the children"), because they're afraid of people communicating and having thoughts. UK is just one of the early adaptors.

Within banking apps it has become the norm, it shouldn't mean it's acceptable, but for the wider community it is accepted.

But for a fucking forum??
Christ.
Especially at a time when Europe are trying to establish digital sovereignty and all of the stories coming out about the US government having access to data. We already know that they are willing to share that with the highest bidder (s).

People would have to be absolute morons to upload anything personal to Reddit, nevermind your photo ID like a passport or driving licence. But obviously that's what they're banking on (people being morons).

Banks have many safeguard to protect clients for example PCI DSS. On the other hand as far as I know this is a law requiring them to verify people and I don't think there is a standard for this. Every company will do its own thing. Highy regulated would require them to have some standard, and I don't see that.