Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here's how (techxplore.com)

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Online chat service Discord has announced it will begin testing age verification for some users, joining a growing list of platforms trying to work out who is actually behind the screen.

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[-] Hirom@beehaw.org 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

The real choice is not between safety and privacy. It is between two very different technical paths. One path normalizes biometric (face, fingerprint, and similar) checks, expanding the amount of sensitive data handed to private companies.

Seeing how it's currently done, the market has chosen expanding the amount of sensitive data collected by private companies, which I assume is more profitable.

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 2 points 4 weeks ago

"The market" is captured. Consumers don't really have a choice. Businesses have to follow the law, no matter how terribly written.

If those laws are effectively being written and pushed through by a tiny handful of billionaires with their own agenda, consumers don't have a choice at all.

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