acoolusersknee t1_iufyqgi wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:54 AM

Reply to comment by silkflowers47 in Online age-verification system could create ‘honeypot’ of personal data and pornography-viewing habits, privacy groups warn by Lakerlion

That is really interesting. How does it work exactly? Do you enter your number when you first open a web browser or is it a per website thing?

From the outside looking in it seems like the South Korean government cares a lot more about its citizens than the US government does. An online identification system may work in South Korea but I don't think there would be any consumer protections implemented in the US if such an identification system was implemented. Of course this is just my opinion and I don't have anything to back it up besides what I see going in the country.

dmintz t1_iug2ljh wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:23 AM

The South Korean Government has had tons of scandals recently about being directly in bed with Samsung etc.

Throwawayingaccount t1_iug3cvv wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:29 AM

> How does it work exactly? Do you enter your number when you first open a web browser or is it a per website thing?

It's a per website thing, or at least it was ~10 years ago.

This lead to something -INCREDIBLY- stupid.

South Korea is where a -LOT- of MMOs start.

So... there became a market for Korean SSNs, purely so you can play video games.

I am 100% serious. The leading reason for using someone else's identity in South Korea is to play video games.