Re: Age verification

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Age verification
Date	2026-04-03 13:21 +0200
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On 2026-04-03 10:51, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 03/04/2026 02:11, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2026-04-03 01:08, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Thu,  2 Apr 2026 23:41:21 +0200 (CEST), Worst Case wrote:
>>>
>>>> The worry is that, while they're verifying your age, they're
>>>> verifying dozens of other things and conveying all of it (for a
>>>> price) to your content provider.
>>>
>>> Which is why the age verifier must be an independent authority.
>>>
>>> There are already Government departments whose job it is to collect
>>> personal information about you, that includes your date of birth: e.g.
>>> tax department, social welfare. Any one of those could also be the
>>> age-verification authority, without any additional risk to your
>>> personal information.
>>
>> My government doesn't need to collect any such information. They 
>> already know. Earlier than me, in fact.
>>
> Gotta lurve the EU
> 

Not related at all. They have been doing that maybe for centuries, only 
that now they have the technology to get the info instantly.

Actually, the EU ruled protections for the citizens that we did not have 
before, limits to the use of that information.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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      Re: Age verification "Worst Case"@dizum.com - 2026-04-02 23:41 +0200
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    Re: Age verification The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-02 19:38 +0100
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          Re: Age verification Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-02 20:48 +0000
      Re: Age verification The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-02 19:41 +0100
    Re: Age verification The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-02 19:40 +0100
  Re: Age verification "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-02 21:54 +0200
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