Kids can bypass some age checks with a drawn-on mustache

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https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/04/uk_online_safety_act_age_checks_subvert/

Such a shitshow.

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At least these kids are safe now and noone will experience any trade off from this policy /s

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The Internet was like: “kids gonna find a way, VPN, another account, blablabla”.

Wise kids be like: " lol mate, watch this shit”.

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I am 61, when i was 16 “kids” were skirting age verification shit all the time.

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As healthy kids should do at least one time in their lives.

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What about girls? If you show an AI a little boy with a fake mustache, I get how that might trip up an AI age check. But what about a girl? Maybe if she ties her hair back or something (assuming she has a girlish hairstyle). But you’d have to have a pretty stupid AI to not see that’s a girl’s face. And we’re not getting into transgender issues, I just mean like in general. And kids.

What if a girl pads her chest? Preteen girls have been putting folded socks (maybe panties? I dunno, I didn’t have sisters growing up) in their training bra to look older since I was a kid and probably long before, so it might fool some AI, but I’m not sure. Breasts doesn’t mean adult. I’m just spitballing ideas a girl could try to achieve the same result.

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I wouldn’t be surprised if a mustache worked regardless.

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99% sure it would just work, the same way as with boys.

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Perhaps some lipstick and face powder

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if these age checks ask female users to pan the camera down towards their chests, that’s gonna be a problem. a big giant huge problem.

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hair on the vag?

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