• Age verification methods (Was: Linux to be illegal in California?)

    From gazelle@gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) to comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.linux,alt.politics on Wed May 13 18:26:05 2026
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    In article <n6jsc0F2dl2U4@mid.individual.net>,
    rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 13 May 2026 13:12:17 -0000 (UTC), Kenny McCormack wrote:

    (*) Given current levels of technology. Someday, I suppose you will
    have your brain hard-wired to the computer and it will then be able to
    actually determine your real chronological age (**).

    Supposedly some kids have fooled the facial recognition approach by >borrowing their sister's eyebrow pencil and drawing a mustache.

    That's cute. Then there's the other side of it. Someone who actually is
    21 (or whatever) but looks younger. That person will end up suing
    somebody.

    Just out of curiosity, which existing systems actually do this (attempt to age-verify on-the-fly, using "facial recognition") ?

    Anyway, wouldn't it just be easier to substitute a picture of your father?
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  • From Carlos E.R.@robin_listas@es.invalid to comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.linux,alt.politics on Wed May 13 22:44:34 2026
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    On 2026-05-13 20:26, Kenny McCormack wrote:
    In article <n6jsc0F2dl2U4@mid.individual.net>,
    rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 13 May 2026 13:12:17 -0000 (UTC), Kenny McCormack wrote:

    (*) Given current levels of technology. Someday, I suppose you will
    have your brain hard-wired to the computer and it will then be able to
    actually determine your real chronological age (**).

    Supposedly some kids have fooled the facial recognition approach by
    borrowing their sister's eyebrow pencil and drawing a mustache.

    That's cute. Then there's the other side of it. Someone who actually is
    21 (or whatever) but looks younger. That person will end up suing
    somebody.

    Just out of curiosity, which existing systems actually do this (attempt to age-verify on-the-fly, using "facial recognition") ?

    Some web sites, I think.


    Anyway, wouldn't it just be easier to substitute a picture of your father?


    It doesn't move on video.
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