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"Google Age Verification and What To Do About It"

I am So Fucking Pissed I'm resorting to this, but if it means protecting my damn privacy, I'll make the fucking machine eat its own tail like the ouro-fucking-boros.

Click Read More for instructions on bypassing the google age requirement.

So, if and when you get the age verification bullshit from google and youtube, DO NOT FUCKING GIVE YOUR ID/EMAIL/CREDIT CARD/WHATEVER. Use thispersondoesnotexist or this-person-does-not-exist to generate an older person (age requirements differ for different regions, but the USA is 18+ requirement, so choose someone OBVIOUSLY over 18). The first website is a refresh-to-generate site, while the second one allows you to input specifications such as age, gender, ethnicity (just pick white...), etc.

INSTRUCTIONS

When the age verification notification pops up, follow the below instructions. For those who ignored it/can't find it, go to this help page and scroll down to "Verify you’re old enough to manage your account", you will see a link to "verify your age" (image below)

BEFORE MOVING TO STEP THREE: THERE IS SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR GENERATED SELFIE

Must face camera,

No glasses,

BRIGHT ROOM. I cannot stress this enough, open ALL blinds, get artificial light, otherwise you get the "too dim" message. This is the trickiest part of the selfie bypass method.

You will only be allowed to use the front facing camera of your phone, so get in position to point your phone cam parallel to the image on your computer or tablet screen, and make sure YOU are able see if it's working/if you need to adjust.

"person" must look VERY OBVIOUSLY 18+.

Ideally choose a generated image of an elderly person, or a male with an obvious beard.

SAVE/CAPTURE MORE THAN ONE IMAGE AS BACKUPS.

For the website that allows you to set parameters, you will need to take a screenshot via the app on your computer. The site blocks right click screenshoting and it will have a watermark unless you pay for a nonwater mark version.

2. Select "take a selfie" for your method of verification. DO NOT SELECT ANYTHING ELSE. Verifying via your email might seem like a safe route, but it still allows Google to see EVERY website you ever visit, what you do on that website, and collect passwords, usernames, and other information.

3. Agree/continue with this method, and you will get a QR code that you'll need to scan via your phone camera. Follow the link after scanning.

4. Allow the site to use your camera (NOTE: I had to exit and re-scan the QR code due to a slight glitch, but the second scan worked just fine).

YOU WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO USE YOUR FRONT-FACING CAMERA FOR THIS.

5. Get your image in the scanning circle. The circle's border will gradually turn green as it scans and verifies. KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PROMPTS ABOVE THE CIRCLE. These prompts could be urging you to center the face in the circle, say it's too dime, ask you to face the camera, or to remove glasses.

6. Continue trying numerous images or those getting very close to completion. It can take a while, and you MUST be in a brightly lit area, for the love of god. Keep trying. You will likely get a page that say it can't verify your age, but click "retry" and KEEP. TRYING.

7. When the image is successfully captured, you're golden! No more age verification bullshit from google. Close out the tab on your phone, and on your computer. Don't worry about the page on the computer staying on the QR code page, it doesn't change when age is verified, but it worked.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I DON'T VERIFY AGE? Not doing all this makes google assume you're under age and you are locked into "safe browsing" mode, which impacts websites you visit, websites you can see when searching (aka excluding mature/percieved as mature websites from your search), and what youtube shows you. I'm not joking.

This will be the ONLY FUCKING TIME I will ever use genai, and against itself to boot. Fucking make it eat its own tail.

You can find similar instructions via Reddit (which is where I found this, but no step by step instructions).

Stay safe out there guys...

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ADDITIONAL TIP!!!

If you are very against genai (I am too, but I panicked and needed a solution ASAP), there is a workaround where you can still get a fake face and not use genai.

Go to places like Fiverr and search for photoshop experts. You're very likely to find someone who can take a picture of either, A, yourself to alter beyond recognition, or B, a face picture from a magazine or online article. You can then use that image as the verification bypass, rather than a generated image.

Pros: You give genai a massive middle finger (and if you get your own face photoshopped, you're still TECHNICALLY submitting your own face, soooo...)

Cons: You will need to pay someone to do this--unless you know someone who does decent photoshop work and is willing to do it for free.

I wish I had done this myself, but like I said, I panicked and was given the whole "you have X days to verify your age before we assume you're a fetus" notification, so that sort of trigger my flight response. I'd rather have supported a photoshop artist than gone with the ai slop...

Simply get someone to photoshop your own (or a rando's) face to be basically unrecognizable, ideally looking older, maybe with gray hair and wrinkles added.

Remember, trying to trick the face recognition is TRICKY, so I recommend commissioning numerous photoshopped images of yourself/randos to be safe.

PLEASE REBLOG THIS UPDATED VERSION IF YOU CAN!!!

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REBLOG 5/8/2026 UPDATE!!!

A 3D model is now available to trick age verification with a completely artificial image that you can pose and customize!!!

An account IS required, but hey, I'll happily give an email to these guys if it means I don't give my actual face to someone else.

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Free Tool Says it Can Bypass Discord's Age Verification Check With a 3D Model

The tool presents users with a 3D model they can then manipulate to, the creator says, bypass Discord's age verification system.

Happy cyber safety~!

[ellohcee]

The idea of dragons in modern times is so fun because imagine a hot summer day on your vacay and go to use the hotel pool and staff is like "valued guests we regret to inform you that the pool area is out of service at the moment, we apologize for the inconvenience"

And people like "wtf why" looking out their hotel room window and there's this. This dragon just curled up in the pool chilling, literally, cooling itself down

Some of the staff are trying to gently shoo him away and the dragon does a soft little "rrrrrr" like a grumpy cat and a warning puff of smoke and they're like "fuck it i don't get paid nearly enough for this" and no ones using the pool today sorry!

[ellohcee]

[kawuli]

[sumi-sprite]

This is just Florida with their alligators

[manuciruja]

awww the like button turns into a rainbow when you press it! that's so cute...hey staff what's with all the trans women you keep nuking?

[manuciruja]

i think we should be ridiculing them more for this. you don't get to try and go all "queer website" when your staff likes to go on nuking sprees targeting the trans fem users

[smadsel]

would be remiss not to mention that the rainbow notably straight up just removed the trans flag colors from it. like they’re gone. it’s the progress flag minus the trans flag colors.

[smadsel]

that’s not the whole flag, now is it

[manuciruja]

hey staff what the fuck

[villainessbian]

hey staff don't you think you're being too on-the-nose

[shrodingers-catgirl]

HEY STAFF DONT YOU THINK YOU'RE BEING TOO ON-THE-NOSE

[sumi-sprite]

HEY STAFF

[ororium-z]

Happy Pride!

[rootbeergoddess]

Every pride, you must reblog this. No exceptions

[candycoloredwolf]

Anyone gonna mention how this guy actually preformed live with Carly Rae Jepsen?

[restfromthestreets]

I’m gonna scream is2g

[galaxa-13]

I was thinking of reblogging this again just because the original video is still amazing, but then I see the second video and lost my mind. The upgraded fan, the body glitter, the sheer fact that he got to do this with the actual singer.

[ottermatopoeia]

This is Mark Kanemura, he’s worked closely with Gaga and been a finalist on So You Think You Can Dance twice. He didn’t “get to do this”, she hired him and he’s been in her music videos. He’s not just some nameless funny queer on the internet, say his damn name lol

[sumi-sprite]

THIS IS THE VERSI9N YOU MIST REBLOG

MARK KANEMURA

REMEMBER HIS NAME

[lgbt-tiktoks]

Description: [A video of a woman riding a galloping horse bareback while holding a large rainbow flag.]

[nattousan]

i felt like these tags really added to the experience, thanks @cynderxdustypaws for your knowledge

[naamahdarling]

This is one of the most powerful images I have ever seen, and I will reblog it every single time because every single time it brings tears to my eyes.

[sumi-sprite]

What REAL horse girls look like

[parakeet]

this gif is fucking me up. stop. stop. youre squorshing her and shes Just a Baby

[thebisfor]

I HAVE ONE OF THESE

[parakeet]

When will the violence end

[sumi-sprite]

D8

[aislinceivun]

appreciation for vox's big beautiful yaoi hands💙

[sumi-sprite]

H-HANDS

[anguilliforme]

really big extra-large size moth found on malgana and nhanda country in wa if you even care

[creacher-art]

Endoxyla cinereus I thinks aka giant wood moth. Real creature & not ai!

[sumi-sprite]

OH MY GOD

PET IT

[newrider]

[wamscoastsmoker]

IT’S HALLOWEEN TIME TO GET SPOOKY

[notsocialphobixanymorelmao-deac]

I T S T H E M I D D L E O F J U N E

[wamscoastsmoker]

I T I S H A L L O W E E N T I M E T O G E T S P O O K Y

[pwhyxco]

ok who the fuck got this on my dash it’s still june

[wamscoastsmoker]

get spooky

[tshifty]

how does this appear every june

[likeimbrandnew]

T I M E T O G E T S P O O K Y

[hellscape-of-sarah-blog]

it’s june

[prinxiety-logicalitysanderssides]

T I M E T O G E T S P O O K I N G Y’ A L L

[imin-loveanon-deactivated202006]

LEE IT’S JUNE

[weirdsthenewnormal]

GAY HALLOWEEN TIME

[2am-soda-deactivated20211215]

y’all know what fuckin month it is 😎

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

It’s pride month everybody!!!!!!

[sumi-sprite]

TIME TO GET SPOOKY

[ororium-z]

Happy Pride!

[rootbeergoddess]

Every pride, you must reblog this. No exceptions

[thesaltofcarthage]

I love that four different people on my feed scheduled this joyous person to reblog by 8am on June 1. I look forward to seeing this a dozen more times today.

[sumi-sprite]

NEVER FORGET

[zlonya333]

original:

[me----irl]

Reblog if you think the person you reblogged this from deserves to be happy.

[sumi-sprite]

*THROWS HAPPINESS GRENADE AT YOU* CLOWN PORN UPON THEE

[montereybayaquarium]

So pinni-precious. 🥺🦭

Pupping season is winding down as summer begins, but the harbor seal spectacular is just getting started!

After giving birth, harbor seals will linger at the rookery as mothers bond with their pups and teach them the ways of the water. The little ones follow in mom’s flipper-steps, learning important life skills like hunting, galumphing, and riding waves onto the beach for a well-deserved nap. It’s tough work, but somebody’s gotta do it! 🦭

Harbor seals are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, a key U.S. law that protects seals, whales, otters, and other beloved aquatic species from harmful human activity. 

If you venture out for some seal spotting this summer, stay quiet and keep a distance of 50 yards. It’s more than just the right thing to do–getting too close to marine mammals like harbor seals can mean big fines and even jail time for a law-breaking human!

So mellow out, settle in, and enjoy your day on the bay with the chill vibes of a sleepy harbor seal. 🏖️☀️

[sumi-sprite]

WITHIN GALUMPING DISTANCE

[randomartist7]

Summoned the wrong demon from a wrong timeline

[sumi-sprite]

Sorry, wrong number...

[theboredvoid]

there's always some bullshit happening on reddit

[7aceofdiamonds7]

[sumi-sprite]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

[nn-ee-zz]

The passage of the seasons - Summer defeating Spring

Summer as blinding light, heatwaves, and fire

[pmamtraveller]

Textile art featuring a school of koi fish, by artist Lin Xia.