alt Hacker NewsOutside of better parental controls and restricting accounts based on self declared age, there isn't a way to perform age verification anonymously or privately.
Outside of better parental controls and restricting accounts based on self declared age, there isn't a way to perform age verification anonymously or privately.
> isn't a way to perform age verification anonymously or privately
Totally, no. Better than having users upload IDs with no use restrictions on the social-media companies? Yes. The harms justify, in my opinion and the opinion of lots of Americans (and importantly, those able and willing to call their electeds), a little bit of privacy encroachment for using a totally-voluntary product.