UK Gamers Use Garry’s Mod to Trick the Age Verification Safety Rule

The United Kingdom recently initiated a new rule for the safety of young gamers from the online content. It is an age verification law under the Online Safety Act. This Safety Act was introduced to protect minors from age-restricted content.

Popular platforms like Discord and Reddit now require users to pass facial scans or upload valid ID proof to confirm one's age.

This law was created to make sure that the underage users are not able to access the restricted spaces, but like with any other new rule, people found a loophole in this rule as well.

How Gamers Are Using Garry's Mod

There has been news about this new trend where gamers are using Garry's Mod, which is a popular sandbox game, to create custom faces that look human enough to trick AI verification systems.

Instead of uploading their actual selfies, players generate faces inside the game and use those customized faces to pass the age checks.

The system's AI scans these faces as real humans, thus allowing the underage users as well to access age-restricted areas without showing any legitimate ID.

Why This Trick Works

The actual reason why this trick works is that AI is not exactly flawless. It is trained to check for certain human-like features but does not always confirm the exactness that the human eye can catch.

Garry's Mod generates face images that can be easily passed as humans, and this loophole tricks the verification systems. This shows that while online platforms are trying to improve safety using technology, using that same technology, we can outsmart the same safety rules.

This proves that technology is not foolproof yet, and using the creative hacks of human beings, we can outlaw these advanced online security tools.

The Debate Around This Hack

This trick that degrades the law has started debates across several communities. Some people see it as a smart and genius hack, which showcases how gamers can be clever when they have to face restrictions.

Others believe that it exposes serious flaws in the online safety and can allow minors to access harmful content. Safety experts argue that these loopholes outpurpose the Online Safety Act.

With a rise in VPN usage alongside this trick, many are questioning whether technology can keep up with the determined users.

The future of online security depends on building tools that cannot be outlawed using the same tools.