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0 pointsgruez2mo ago0 comments

>They could require government ID to sign up and an adult sponsor to certify accounts for kids. Plus a limit on how many accounts an adult can sponsor.

Requiring all online account creation to go through some government vouching system sounds far worse for privacy than OS doing age verification.

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intrasight2mo ago

OS-based age verification would also have to use a government ID. There is no alternatives to a government ID for such verification.

gruezOP2mo ago

>OS-based age verification would also have to use a government ID.

Source? Another commenter claims the opposite: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416653

intrasight2mo ago

I see no such claim that comment said that the parent verifies the child. That that means that the parent must be verified. I don't see that approach having any chance of succeeding. It would be a much more invasive process to both verify the parent and the relationship with the child.

tstrimple2mo ago

You're wrong. These laws aren't very long. You should read them instead of just passing around incorrect assumptions.

fn-mote2mo ago

The points: 1. No new law is required, FB could do this voluntarily. 2. Meta has a vested interest in a low-friction solution that maintains engagement.

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intrasight2mo ago

OS-based age verification would also have to use a government ID. There is no alternatives to a government ID for such verification.

gruezOP2mo ago

>OS-based age verification would also have to use a government ID.

Source? Another commenter claims the opposite: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416653

intrasight2mo ago

tstrimple2mo ago

You're wrong. These laws aren't very long. You should read them instead of just passing around incorrect assumptions.

fn-mote2mo ago

The points: 1. No new law is required, FB could do this voluntarily. 2. Meta has a vested interest in a low-friction solution that maintains engagement.

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