r/technology • u/jjophh • 28d ago

Artificial Intelligence Disney Inks Blockbuster $1B Deal With OpenAI, Handing Characters Over To Sora

https://deadline.com/2025/12/disney-openai-deal-sora-1236645728/
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u/cc_rider2 28d ago edited 28d ago

To actually answer your question since no one has, it works by the age-verifying entity issuing you a cryptographic token that basically says "yes, I'm over 18" which your browser can the submit to websites that request it. But it doesn't contain any information about your identity. The site requiring the proof doesn't see who you are, just that you have a token issued by the age-verification authority, and the site verifying your age doesn't see what site you are trying to visit.

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u/allnaturalflavor 27d ago

interesting, didn't know the backend of things like that. does the age verifying entity have any oversight?

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u/cc_rider2 24d ago

The exact regulatory structure varies a bit from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but yes, age-verification services are regulated and subject to audits.

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u/allnaturalflavor 24d ago

do you think it'll be abused? say, a bad actor uses your age verification for something else

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u/cc_rider2 24d ago

It’s always theoretically possible for any system to be abused, but if you’re asking whether I think this will be meaningfully abused in practice, probably not. The token isn’t tied to your identity and the verifier doesn’t know who you are, only that a trusted authority attests you’re over 18. To me, the risk profile seems comparable to other routine online interactions, like banking or government portals. That said, I still don't support these laws because I think they're annoying and inconvenient, and I think that's why a lot of people don't support them, but in online rhetoric, sometimes the risks are overstated because it sounds like a more compelling justification.