Steam now requiring age verification in the UK
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I dont know what you mean, I was assured by my Tory hating friends that everything would be better once they were gone and Labour were back in charge, are you seriously telling me that life isnt all better now !
Same as me....
The panic and nervousness in this thread confirms my suspicions - a lot of Hentai connoisseurs in our midst 
Seriously, though, the government overreach with this OSA nonsense is pathetic. God help Sir Keir Starmer when BF6 goes live ... his KD ratio is going to be seriously negative.
Seriously, though, the government overreach with this OSA nonsense is pathetic. God help Sir Keir Starmer when BF6 goes live ... his KD ratio is going to be seriously negative.
I think its only for naughty bedtime games at the moment, I guess if it works well it may well then be rolled out to cover all 18 rated games/movies etc as a method to prove that the person playing/watching is 18 or over.
Oh, well that's something of nothing then lol. TBH, with the state of things, I don't have the will to get angry about having to do something I've done plenty of times before for other reasons.
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Debit cards can be given to 11+ year olds.
I have never had a credit card either. Never needed or wanted one. Looks like that might change, though. I think the key one for me is if they ever decided to include age verification in online shops for blade purchases. I buy a lot of tools online so may hit a problem with that. eBay already implemented that on their site, and I can't buy tools from them any more.
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No. Basically it needs to be approved by Ofcom.
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Incorrect on many levels!!
70% of UK adults approve of the change and, believe it or not, so do the kids.
I have to say that I don't like what the government have done at all, but I also have to acknowledge that parents have won the day here. This is a democracy and I have to concede that the majority of people want this, so end of discussion.
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Thinking that not ever having had a credit card is some kind of flex shows a distinct lack of awareness lol. It doesn't mean you are spending money you don't have, yet people seems desperate to let everyone know about it.
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Never thought I'd see the day when it was easier sneak into the country on a rubber dinghy than it was to see a ladies front bottom on line
Give it a go, let us know how you get on.
Your google-fu is failing you. If your tech skills drop further clippy may appear to see if you need help.
I've been bypassing requirements and blocks since I was 12, so this is just another one to annoyingly find a way around. Maybe buy my games elsewhere and then add to Steam is the way.
This crap is brought through under the foolish guise of child protection, absolving parents of their responsibilities, and all it will do is funnel kids into parts of the net that legislation won't be able to reach where all sorts of dodgy stuff will be in operation. All the while the rest of society laps up this dystopian policing of the internet because they don't like boobies, blood or 'harmful*' stuff. We had something amazing and have destroyed it.
*anything can be harmful ffs, coddling can be viewed as harmful in my view, so ban the OSB as it brings people up to have no personal or parental responsibility.
This crap is brought through under the foolish guise of child protection, absolving parents of their responsibilities, and all it will do is funnel kids into parts of the net that legislation won't be able to reach where all sorts of dodgy stuff will be in operation. All the while the rest of society laps up this dystopian policing of the internet because they don't like boobies, blood or 'harmful*' stuff. We had something amazing and have destroyed it.
*anything can be harmful ffs, coddling can be viewed as harmful in my view, so ban the OSB as it brings people up to have no personal or parental responsibility.
No once the card is removed it asks for verification again
Anyone know how gifting works now, if you gift something adult to an unverified account can they claim it?
Can't you just use a VPN to log on to Steam and buy the game ? Once it's in your library, I imagine no further age verification is required.No once the card is removed it asks for verification again
Anyone know how gifting works now, if you gift something adult to an unverified account can they claim it?
edit. Is Valve determining who owns a "UK" account based on the IP address, account credentials, or both ?
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No once the card is removed it asks for verification again
Anyone know how gifting works now, if you gift something adult to an unverified account can they claim it?
While I haven't tested, I suspect it will work fine. Valve appear to just be blocking the community hub & store page, nothing else. If you already have a blocked game on your wishlist (or add it there, there are a few ways to directly add rather than through store page), you can go from wishlist to cart and checkout.
As far as I know there is also no mechanism on Steam (yet) to stop key redemption/gifting on specific accounts. Only flags for "redeems in X country" or not and gifting restrictions purely based on price (difference between regions too much). This really just seems like a last minute least effort thing. Credit card only, no other options at all and just blocking the store/hub.
Account credentials. Just a vpn hasn't been enough to switch regions on Steam for a while now, well before this nonsense started. To change regions on an existing account you would need to vpn and have payment from that region to switch to it iirc.
For now it's just literal porn games. Games that are just rated 18 are fine.
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