Post #3305372
2026-06-11 14:47 UTC
@joho@mastodon.online but isn't age verification done for keeping kids away from the harmful stuff? Although I'm not sure about how effective it really is. I think they do it avoid responsibility when kids access those sites.
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@maxwyt34@social.vivaldi.net 2026-06-11 16:55
@crisps@mastodon.social @joho@mastodon.online It seems so. Most age verifications are simply a confirmation of "yes, I'm 18."
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@bob_zim@infosec.exchange 2026-06-11 17:22
@crisps@mastodon.social @joho@mastodon.online A big problem is that age verification as actually implemented isn’t “if you’re a kid, you don’t get access”, it’s “you only get access if you prove you’re an adult”. This means information must be collected on all adult users, and the companies doing this collection have already failed to follow the most basic security practices over and over.