Posted to HN yesterday at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45667472 . No comments.
I wonder if that is partially because many (like myself) aren't subscribers and can't read the article.
The law does not mandate check via camera.
I have no clue why these "facial age estimation" technologies are being pushed in place of that. They're much worse in terms of privacy and accuracy, and they're easier to trick if you want to bypass them.
Falsehoods lawmakers believe about faces.
Conservative politicians tend to be transphobic, because they can't understand that biology makes exceptions.
Stuff goes wrong or different, like, a lot. A lot of the time.
I don't understand why these new age check systems are years behind on technological reality.
I'm not proposing to use them online, just thinking that they work really well with borders/passports. Very difficult to beat these checks.
At least for now.
The aide still works for Reform.
https://www.channel4.com/news/exclusive-undercover-inside-re...
I swear, the quality of some journalism is so shameless.
It is the vendor supplying the website he is visiting that told him to do that.
... and just ignores the fact that there are no sane or remotely appropriate ways to implement that. As well as the fact that it's a silly goal to begin with.
> It is the vendor supplying the website he is visiting that told him to do that.
... after making a guess as to what would be the least bad way of implementing this foolish mandate.
Perhaps we'll see more people sporting this look in the future.
