What are your age verification services?
To stay compliant with international law, we use age-verification services to confirm users are over 18, if they are visiting from in locations that legally require verifications. This process is free for our users. Here are some details about the services we've signed on to.
Yoti
App required. You’ll click a link that takes you to the Yoti website. You'll scan their QR code with your phone and download the Yoti app. You'll upload a photo ID and face scan to the app. Once that process is complete, you will be brought back to this site, and restrictions will be lifted. None of the info you send to Yoti is ever shared with us—we only receive confirmation that you’re over 18.
Veriff
No app required. You’ll click a link that takes you to the Veriff website. You'll scan their QR code with your phone or computer camera, or have them text you a link, both of which take you to the signup process. You'll upload a photo ID and face scan. Once that process is complete, you will be brought back to this site, and restrictions will be lifted. Veriff does send us your phone number, real name, and address without us asking, but all of this information is rejected, and it's never stored, logged, or backed up.
Unfortunately, if you don't have a government ID, you won't be able to get age-verified for this site. Checking the physical ID (as opposed to technology such as AI age estimation) is the standard for most governments.
For fraud prevention and legal reasons, age verification services typically do keep your ID and photo on file until you delete the account (or after 3 years of inactivity).
We pay for each successful verification, but do not receive compensation in any way from our age check services.
We plan to add more age verification options in the future!