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13 year olds could be compelled to use unregulated age verification (www.openrightsgroup.org)
submitted 4 days ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 0 points 4 days ago

Which is why it should never, ever be done that way. Have some trustworthy body that already has that info - a bank, the government, whatever - verify your age to them once, and have the websites ask those for a simple yes/no verification if you are an adult or not.

Because they don't actually need to know who you are, they just need to verify if you are over 18 or not.