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It's fun that one can use games for it, but it shouldn't be difficult to do the same through AI-generated imagery either, which isn't much more difficult.
Even though this method is flawed, one shouldn't really use ID-only verification either imho, as it's a security risk to upload any official document like that (ref. Tea app leaks).
The whole age verification that the UK wants to impose has been quite the impossible task from the beginning. Creating government-backed education for (future) parents about how to raise a kid and protect them in today's digital society would be more efficient than this, if we really are thinking of what is best for the kids. But alas, there are zero requirements to become a parent...
The problem, as always, is that parents don't want to put the work into educating their children, they want the government to wave a magic wand and make the problem go away. And that's what gets you half assed solutions like this.
The OSA is nothing to do with kids or parenting and everything to do with further developing surveillance of the UK and controlling what we can access.
I guarantee you, at some point after this will come prohibiting content deemed terrorism such as mentions of the word 'palestine' and 'action' in the same paragraph for example.
Sooner or later we'll have our own pseudo or real great firewall. I expect them to come after VPN use at some point too.
VPNs are next.
People circumventing the OSA.
THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
VPNs banned
Tbh just take any stock photo from image search online
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No it's okay they promise they definitely delete all photographs as soon as you're verified. They totally don't keep them around in an insecure format or anything like that. They promise.
Neither is taking a picture of nearly any stranger about to take a bite of food at a fast food place and then walking over and snapping another picture of them. What they gonna do about it?
You can't use a picture of me eating noodles to open a bank account.
How about two gym memberships and a library card?
Results may vary.
Can't say about any stranger, but you and I would have a problem. 😂
Oh sure. But what could you really do about some weird kid taking pictures of you in public?