Poll of the Day > in Louisiana, you now have to provide a valid driver's license for porn sites

(+) Yeah! (+)

not just for subscriptions, but to access them at all

literally 1984 up in here

Doesn't seem super enforceable.

Especially since it isn't true.

Doesn't seem super enforceable.

It's easy enough to enforce. If a site doesn't meet the necessary verification standards for anyone visiting from Louisiana, require all ISP's that operate in the state to blacklist it. Offer a reasonable bounty to anyone that reports a site in violation so they don't have to pay a government employee to trawl the pornternet for offenders, and you're pretty much covered.

Of course, it's still a stupid decision and largely a waste of time (presumably, the concern is protecting children, but there's unlikely to be any way to stop children from just taking one of their parents' licenses if they really want to bypass it, and the potential benefits of keeping children away from porn would be better delivered through a proper sex ed curriculum), but it's not that hard to figure out how it could be enforced.

It's easy enough to enforce. If a site doesn't meet the necessary verification standards for anyone visiting from Louisiana, require all ISP's that operate in the state to blacklist it. Offer a reasonable bounty to anyone that reports a site in violation so they don't have to pay a government employee to trawl the pornternet for offenders, and you're pretty much covered.

Of course, it's still a stupid decision and largely a waste of time (presumably, the concern is protecting children, but there's unlikely to be any way to stop children from just taking one of their parents' licenses if they really want to bypass it, and the potential benefits of keeping children away from porn would be better delivered through a proper sex ed curriculum), but it's not that hard to figure out how it could be enforced.

This will be an amazing fair use case if only Net Neutrality were still a thing.

also just...go on reddit and find various peoples number to use specifically to get around it

i'm absolutely positive there would be a subreddit specifically for it

also just...go on reddit and find various peoples number to use specifically to get around it

i'm absolutely positive there would be a subreddit specifically for it

Requiring id for voting is wrong, but requiring it for porn is right?

Such a weird country.

Requiring id for voting is wrong, but requiring it for porn is right?

Such a weird country.

This is a Republican law, and they also want voter ID (entirely for the sake of making it harder for people to vote, since that tends to favour Republicans).

That is just inverting the issue. People need to be able to identify themselves in public and obviously also when voting.

The ability to legally identify oneself in public is a given

Going to vote? Just provide your name at the polling place you are registered and they will look you up.

Getting arrested? Just provide your name and the police will look you up.
Getting medical attention? Just provide a name and healthcare provider and they will look you up.

That is why providing ID for something is considered such an egregious act in our country. There isn't a history of it being a requirement.

The exception is if you are doing something that requires a license (driving, flying, boating, buying a controlled substance, etc.), then you need to be able to prove, when asked, you are who you say you are. Otherwise, you don't need to provide such identification.

No, it's a voters rights issue that disproportionately affects minority populations.

Especially since it isn't true.

Ah yes, that other stupid US thing. I am not registered to any polling place or party. I just get a government invitation for every election I am eligible to vote in and can then vote at any polling place within a set region.

Then the problem is the procedure of acquiring State id.

While I cant speak for everyone, thats similar here. I can vote at any place in my area. And dont need to vote for a specific party or anything

"Wow, that John Doe from New Orleans sure does love porn! He has 30 million visits from just last month. "

Same for general elections in MA, but for primaries you have to vote on the ballot for the party you've registered for. If you're registered independent, you can choose either a Democrat or Republican ballot, but not both.

Idk I guess Maybe Im registered as Independent Never really checked that. I dont even remember registering

It might be different in other states I'm not sure. I've been living in MA since getting out of the Army like 20 years ago I don't remember voting in Colorado or other states I've lived in

I think it happens automatically when you enroll in the draft. The only reason you need to register to vote is if you want to vote between the ages of 16-18, or if you didn't enroll in the draft.

That is what happened with me anyways.

Doesn't seem super enforceable.

Especially since it isn't true.

That is fundamentally the difference between your country and ours. That isn't a "given" in the US.

The exception is if you are doing something that requires a license (driving, flying, boating, buying a controlled substance, etc.), then you need to be able to prove, when asked, you are who you say you are. Otherwise, you don't need to provide such identification.

Going to vote? Just provide your name at the polling place you are registered and they will look you up.
Getting arrested? Just provide your name and the police will look you up.
Getting medical attention? Just provide a name and healthcare provider and they will look you up.

That is why providing ID for something is considered such an egregious act in our country. There isn't a history of it being a requirement.

My favorite bit is, apparently, if you try to go to pornhub there's a way to sign in, but the website is french.
Y'all, new orleans hasn't been french since 1803.

Requiring id for voting is wrong, but requiring it for porn is right?

Such a weird country.

A country can speak a language without belonging to the country that originally spoke it.

Of course.
It's unreasonable to assume that people in louisiana can speak french. I can pull up the stats if you actually want, but the vast majority of them can't speak french.

That is fundamentally the difference between your country and ours. That isn't a "given" in the US.

The exception is if you are doing something that requires a license (driving, flying, boating, buying a controlled substance, etc.), then you need to be able to prove, when asked, you are who you say you are. Otherwise, you don't need to provide such identification.

Going to vote? Just provide your name at the polling place you are registered and they will look you up.
Getting arrested? Just provide your name and the police will look you up.
Getting medical attention? Just provide a name and healthcare provider and they will look you up.

That is why providing ID for something is considered such an egregious act in our country. There isn't a history of it being a requirement.

random joe in receivables has no possible way to know if that signature was actually written by the right person or not, so what the f*** is the point of needing it

Mostly as a verification step if a problem shows up later. If Bob signed for the package Joe delivered, then later tries to claim it wasn't delivered, Joe can pull out the signature and compare it to other examples of Bob's handwriting to prove that Bob is lying.

Of course, if Bob intends to lie, there's nothing stopping him from giving a phony signature when the package is delivered, so it's not exactly the most secure system. Still, though, that's the theory.

It doesn't help that the signatures of people that have to sign lots of things are rarely just a matter of writing their name in their handwriting. It's often a heavily simplified set of motions that they execute from pure muscle memory, so replicating that with a bit of practice isn't nearly as hard as people would like to believe.

They're not without their own issues, but I much prefer digital signatures where possible. No messing around with printing and scanning, no need to find a pen, no RSI's, actual confirmation of who signed it and when, much harder to forge... If the knowledge of how to do it would just become a little more commonplace so I could stop having to send documents back to my superiors with a reminder that copy+pasting a photo of their signature or typing their name in a cursive-looking font don't count as digital signatures, we'd be golden.