Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage EU’s ‘porn passport’ app shipped with unencrypted passport scans and bypassable biometrics
The EU's new age verification app, intended as a privacy-conscious 'porn passport' for adult content access, was found to have serious security flaws including unencrypted passport scans, improperly deleted biometric data, and bypassable facial
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News MyLovely.ai data breach allegedly leaks 70,000 explicit user prompts, company says nothing ‘critical’ was exposed
MyLovely.ai, an adult AI companion platform, allegedly suffered a data breach exposing over 106,000 users' email addresses, account details, and approximately 70,000 explicit chat prompts. The company's dismissive response claiming nothing 'critical' was leaked
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News AI companion apps with 150 million downloads shipped with security so bad hackers could read your sexts
A security audit by Oversecured found 14 critical vulnerabilities across 17 AI companion chatbot apps with over 150 million combined downloads, including hardcoded credentials and exposed cloud databases that could allow hackers to access
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage ‘We’ve made mistakes’: Discord delays age verification rollout following backlash
Discord has delayed its global age verification rollout from March to the second half of 2026 after user backlash over privacy concerns, including a data breach affecting 70,000 users. The platform's CTO admitted 'mistakes'
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Discord age verification is coming in March, and adult communities aren’t happy about it
Discord is rolling out mandatory age verification for adult content access from March 2026, requiring face scans or government ID through third-party platform Persona. The article examines the backlash from adult creators and privacy-conscious
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News OnlyFans introduces compulsory criminal record checks for US creators
OnlyFans is mandating criminal record checks for new US creators through a partnership with background screening firm Checkr, adding to existing age and identity verification requirements. The move is framed as a community safety
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Pornhub says uploaded content isn’t used for training generative AI, despite terms seemingly allowing it
Pornhub has told SEXTECHGUIDE it does not use uploaded creator content for generative AI training, despite Terms of Service language that appears to permit such use. The article examines the gap between the site's
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News ‘We measure arousal’: AI vibrator learns your body in real-time, adapts using haptics and soundwaves
UK startup GetRude is developing an AI-powered vibrator that uses onboard sensors to measure arousal in real-time and adapt its haptic and soundwave stimulation accordingly, claiming to be the world's first personalized smart vibrator.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Inevitable? Discord data breach exposes 70,000 government IDs through age verification hack
Discord disclosed that 70,000 users' government IDs were exposed after hackers breached Zendesk, a third-party vendor used to handle age verification appeals. The breach also potentially compromised names, usernames, email addresses, IP addresses, and
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Roundup Dating appdates (Aug ’25): ‘Male’ rival to Tea app, browser history dating, Grindr’s zionist issue, and more
A monthly roundup of dating app news covering security breaches in Tea and its rival TeaOnHer, a controversial browser history-based matchmaking service, Grindr's censorship controversy over political profile phrases, new UK age verification requirements
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News Lovense security flaws allowed user email leaks and account takeovers
Security researcher BobDaHacker publicly disclosed critical vulnerabilities in Lovense's app that allowed user email addresses to be extracted from usernames in under a second and enabled full account takeovers. The flaws were especially dangerous
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Analysis In Age verification: decade of coverage The UK’s new age verification law for porn starts July 25, 2025: Here’s what it means for users
This article examines the UK's Online Safety Act age verification requirements taking effect July 25, 2025, which will compel porn sites and social media platforms to implement robust ID, facial scanning, or bank card
