A new AI-powered web tool seems tailor-made to help teens get around age-verification laws online—and showcases the futility of trying to set a minimum age for social media use.
In the old days, getting around a minimum-age requirement meant actually having a physical ID card to say that you were of legal age. But with online age verification, all one may need is an image of that ID card.
Enter OnlyFake, a website using AI technology to cheaply generate images of fake IDs.
“OnlyFake is claiming to use ‘neural networks’ to generate realistic looking photos of fake IDs for just $15,” reported 404 Media earlier this week:
In our own tests, OnlyFake created a highly convincing California driver’s license, complete with whatever arbitrary name, biographical information, address, expiration date, and signature we wanted. The photo even gives the appearance that the ID card is laying on a fluffy carpet, as if someone has placed it on the floor and snapped a picture, which many sites require for verification purposes.
The OnlyFake website disappeared (for now) after the 404 Media report. But it surely won’t be the last service to offer digital fake IDs.
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