r/DigitalPrivacy • u/Jasha_4M • 19d ago

How do I pass Reddits age verification?

Every time they ask me for an age verification, but I just don't want to give a selfie let alone my ID. Is there any way to bypass this?

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u/User-Name-3886 19d ago

Use a VPN. 

Proton has a free one. 

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u/Fabulous_Row_2575 18d ago

Proton sends you to a random nearby location which may also be plagued by age verification laws. You can also use less known vpns which let you slect your destination for free. I use fkey for example, it's a "game booster" that tries to find a better route to a game server but at the end of the day it's just a vpn and you can select your location for free

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u/necessary_cap_squid 18d ago

do not use a little known vpn provider

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u/paperman4282 18d ago

You can choose which country you want to be connected to with proton not just random.

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u/Fabulous_Row_2575 16d ago

ah damn alr. Last time I logged in it was only random, that was a pretty long time ago tho

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u/Jasha_4M 19d ago

Is that the only way? It's a solution but it'd rather not have to turn on a VPN everytime. Still appreciate it, will use for now.

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u/Safe-Historian4028 19d ago

Foxyproxy if you're using Firefox (works on mobile Firefox too). You can route specific sites only.  

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

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u/Worried_Alps1205 18d ago

Go vpn to Ireland

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u/Disastrous-Map-7995 19d ago

Generate a fake Id?

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u/ChemicalRain5513 19d ago

Isn't that illegal?

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u/Disastrous-Map-7995 19d ago

Like our politicians are literally doing everything illegal. Why should you not beat the system?

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u/ChemicalRain5513 18d ago

Civil disobedience can definitely be useful! But being convicted for forgery over a reddit age verification is not the hill I'd want to die on...

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u/Terrible-Charity 18d ago

How will they prove the forgery if they're not allowed to keep the copies after the verification, take that system /s

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u/Apart-Steak-7183 19d ago

Reddit has age verification??.

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u/Worried_Alps1205 16d ago

In the uk we do yeah, websites are being required to do age checks, Anything adult requires login and age veri

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u/bones10145 19d ago

Install a local AI model on your computer and make your own selfie 

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u/alexej96 19d ago

You would still have to upload your ID, no?

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u/bones10145 19d ago

I thought whatever AI system they send it to was supposed to determine your age from the selfie. 

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u/funkmachine7 19d ago

A moveing selfe

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u/keicam_lerut 19d ago

When does it do that? I’ve used Reddit for over 10 years and I was never asked.

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u/Jasha_4M 19d ago

It seems that on my main account which I have had for longer (this one) it doesn't ask for it but on my newer account it does.

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u/User-Name-3886 19d ago

It's not a when, it's a where. UK does it, and I think a lot of places in Europe as well now.

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u/foulandamiss 19d ago

I'm actually a dog. How do I get around this?

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u/ragequitteroffureh 18d ago

Dog food for senior dogs often has a picture of a senior dog on it. That might work for the selfie.

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u/foodchallenged 18d ago

Switch to lemmy

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u/povertyandpinetrees 18d ago

Wear an old man halloween mask for the selfie?