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Magazine Photos Fool Age-verification Cameras

Posted by timothy on from the porn-magazine-photos-doubly-so dept.

gregor-e writes "Japan has scheduled a full-scale rollout of visual age-verification on cigarette vending machines. Unfortunately for them, a Sankei Sports news reporter has determined that this system can be fooled by holding up a magazine photo of an adult."

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  1. And in related news by davidwr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Japanese vending machines are now configured to dispense pictures of cigarettes.

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  2. Re:In Korea only old people by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey now! I use magazine photos and I'm neither old nor Korean! Oh wait, what were we talking about?

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  3. Re:Cracking at its best by FooAtWFU · · Score: 5, Funny

    Goodbye old-people photos, hello old-people masks?

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  4. Re:Yes it would, and yes they do... by imipak · · Score: 5, Funny

    And who in their right mind is going to click a link to "pinktentacle.com"?! Some of us read Slashdot from work you know...

  5. Re:Impressive by dj_tla · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you just imagine what Japan would be like if marijuana were legal there?

    Awesome

  6. Re:Complex systems, simple workaround by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    We don't sell alcohol, guns, or porno from vending machines, so why cigarettes?

    You gotta start somewhere.

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  7. Re:Yes it would, and yes they do... by im_thatoneguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the real world, people don't just work M-F 9-5.

    If they're making you work weekends the least they could do is let you look at a little pinktentacle.com

  8. Re:not a big surprise by santiam · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had to carry around a fake beard just to buy cigs.
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  9. Easy Fix! by MWoody · · Score: 5, Funny

    The solution is obvious: make it illegal to sell magazines with pictures of adults to minors.

  10. Re:Age-controlled vending machines have a place by greyhueofdoubt · · Score: 5, Funny

    >>...stay away from computers to prevent blindness...

    Wait, computers make you go blind? I thought the only thing that made you blind was masterb... OOOHHHHH I get it.

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