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by trashb 109 days ago
> we simply ignore it and let the children turn out idiots as well

There is not a lot of safeguarding against this in the real world tbh. At the very least I think the OS or internet age verification is not the place to start improving this.
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gzread 109 days ago
There is some. Bars won't serve minors. The standardisation of parental controls law (the CA/CO one) is much closer to "bars won't serve minors" than it is to "camera drones will follow minors around to make sure they don't drink alcohol"
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nottorp 108 days ago
> Bars won't serve minors.

Bars also won't display a copy of your ID on the main street like digital "think of the children" initiatives are likely to.

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FuriouslyAdrift 108 days ago
If you get caught with a fake ID they sure as heck do. Had many a friend in college with a copy of their ID on the wall of shame.
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nottorp 107 days ago
You're missing the analogy.

The virtual bars will keep copies of the ids, fake or not, and "accidentally" post a random percentage of them, fake or not, in the main square.

Or sell 100% of them to data warehouses to make an extra buck.

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gzread 108 days ago
Neither does the California/Colorado parental controls API law.
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