… That might be starting to change, as age checks are beginning to appear on users’ devices. How do you feel about OS-level age verification? 330 votes As Ars Technica reports, Apple has begun rolling out a new age verification system tied to iOS in the UK. …
… With this, Google is also testing an age verification tool that lets users share their age without revealing personal information or sharing IDs. …
… For users in Ohio, the law would effectively require age verification at sign-up for platforms like YouTube and TikTok. …
… Mishandled data can end up where it shouldn’t, as happened when an age verification contractor leaked photos of up to 70,000 user IDs , submitted to instant messaging platform Discord for age verification, last year. …
… It also seems like the bill doesn’t require age verification checks, but only requires people to self-report their age. …
… This is one step that could help Discord get back into its users good books after the age-verification debacle earlier this year. …
… It only shares the minimum required information for verification, like confirming your age without revealing your full date of birth, with authentication handled locally via biometrics. …
… Spoiler channels work similarly to Discord’s age-restricted channels, but obviously without the age verification requirement. …
… When you upload a selfie video, you can choose whether to let Google use the video and related data to improve facial recognition, age estimation, and other identity verification tech. That setting can be enabled or revoked at any time from the selfie video page in your Google Account. …
… GrapheneOS also says governments and banks are increasingly adopting these verification systems for things like payments, digital ID apps, and age verification services. “Instead of governments stopping Apple and Google from engaging in egregiously anti-competitive behavior, they’re directly partic… …