The ID isn't stored - it's verified and deleted, probably through a 3rd vendor. Some sites don't even require an actual ID and use facial recognition to verify you're old enough.

Which is funny, because they initially didn't. When the law in Indiana first went in place pornhub had ID verification in place. Then the law got challenged and put on hold, so back to nomrestricted access. Then the courts said the law stands so instead of going back to what they had already implemented - ID verification - they chose this as the hill they die on because apparently they think no pornhub will be enough to get people to raise a stink. But, really, there are still 999,999,999 other porn sites you can access with no issues. Pornhub is just shooting themselves in the foot to try and prove a point/save a buck.

Credit cards were such a worthless method of establishing age...even at 12 I had a debit card I could type in and access porn.

Showing your ID to view porn is an "extraordinary measure"? Nah... Sorry... Not when anything as simple as a mistyped search can land your 10 year old on a porn site with absolutely no restrictions in place.

Guess what? If you wanna buy a dirty magazine or movie at an adult shop, Barnes and Noble, or your corner store... You gotta show ID.

Less about the "influx of users" than the "influx of cell phones"... Go anywhere there's a major crowd that's normally not there and you'll have connection issues. I drove Uber and every time there was a concert downtown the app was worthless because nobody had signal to use it.