How Death Stranding Outwitted UK’s Porn Police
The UK’s online safety crusade just hit a hilarious glitch: age verification systems meant to stop kiddies from porn now bow to Sam Bridges from Death Stranding. Platforms like Reddit and Discord use face scanning, but gamers ‘have been using the photo mode and Sam Bridges to trick face scanning tools into accepting them as an adult,’ revealing the absurdity of digital babysitting. Dany Sterkhov ‘alerted the world’ to this loophole, proving that when you automate horrendously, clever nerds always find a way around it.
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(1 of 3)UK tries to block kids from porn with face scans, but apparently Sam Bridges from Death Stranding is everyone’s fake ID now. Welcome to age verification, the ultimate videogame cosplay.
Nothing screams ‘peak cybersecurity’ like trusting a game character’s face to keep children away from porn. What’s next, paging Lara Croft for tax audits?
Age verification in the UK is now like that one uncle who can’t tell the difference between cosplay and real life—just point your phone at Sam Bridges and voilà, adult status unlocked.
Source: Theverge | Published: 7/28/2025 | Author: Tom Warren
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