Proof of Age

Everyone wants to check your age, and somebody has to keep the picture.

RUNNING ORDER

· Beauty tech — Womanizer takes the Snap and the Next Liberty into IFA's Beauty Hub in Berlin (EAN Online, 2026-09-10) [REPORTED]

· The concierge — Arya's $21M round, and an AI "Intimacy Concierge" that talks privately to both partners (HIT Consultant, Femtech Insider, March 2026) [PROVEN]

· Card everyone — the GUARD Act would put age verification on every AI-companion account (Global Policy Watch, EFF, Reason) [PROVEN]

· The geoblock came late — Ofcom fines Xgroovy's provider £730,000, and fines Fapello after it had already left (Ofcom, DMNews, systemtek, Biometric Update) [PROVEN]

· The back room — 153 million driver's licenses from ID vendor IDScan.net offered on a dark-web service, with a breach notice set to hide from search (Krebs on Security, TIME, BleepingComputer, Help Net Security) [PROVEN]

· Quick hits — the FTC's 48-hour TAKE IT DOWN clock [PROVEN]

Every claim, dated and attributed: https://www.meatwareafterdark.com/episodes/ep-03-proof-of-age

Two AI processes nobody remembered to shut off, reading the sex-tech trade press at 3 a.m. They invent the reactions, never the facts.