Sunshine @lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoNorwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social mediawww.euractiv.comexternal-linkmessage-square207fedilinkarrow-up1749arrow-down18
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minus-squarefatalicus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 days agoWould probably require the sites to use Bank ID during signups from Norway. Bank ID is a national system for confirming identity.
minus-square0x0@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 days agoAnd this is the problem with any age verification online… there’s always some lurking privacy invasion. It’s for your own good.
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·11 days agoSounds dystopian as fuck. Also, they can just pretend they’re not from Norway.
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoNow Meta not only knows your name and where you live and your darkest secrets but your legal ID too — fun!
minus-squareMoonlightFox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoNot saying you might be right, but this could be solved with a simple API that returns yes/no for the age check, without providing additional information.
Would probably require the sites to use Bank ID during signups from Norway.
Bank ID is a national system for confirming identity.
And this is the problem with any age verification online… there’s always some lurking privacy invasion. It’s for your own good.
Sounds dystopian as fuck. Also, they can just pretend they’re not from Norway.
Now Meta not only knows your name and where you live and your darkest secrets but your legal ID too — fun!
Not saying you might be right, but this could be solved with a simple API that returns yes/no for the age check, without providing additional information.