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How could digitial age verification be possibly implemented with privacy in mind? (programming.dev)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Many might've seen the Australian ban of social media for <16 y.o with no idea of how to implement it. There have been mentions of "double blind age verification", but I can't find any information on it.

Out of curiosity, how would you implement this with privacy in mind if you really had to?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I seem to remember Leisure Suit Larry verified age using trivia questions that only older people would answer correctly. I know this because at 8 years old I guessed enough of them on my father's friends computer to play it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

oof, I'd fail trivia questions for my age group because I had a... complicated childhood. But it would probably be a problem for foreigners who didn't grow up the country. Imagine coming from Chile and having to know about Australian trivia from the 70s or something to sign up for a social media platform ๐Ÿ˜„

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I talked to a friend of mine last week and they didn't know of the old PS/2 mouse/keyboard cable/sockets. They've seen it before, but it wasn't familiar to them. Nobody only having used USB devices will remember those.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was just getting used to PS/2 connectors replacing serial mice and keyboards and then friggin USB comes along....

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Tell me when you're getting used to USB so I can prepare for the next switch /s ๐Ÿ˜