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Age checks have always been an honor system sort of thing, and lets be real: Lesson number 1 of internet access: don't share your personal info with anyone. Th
by salawat 4y ago
Age checks have always been an honor system sort of thing, and lets be real:
Lesson number 1 of internet access: don't share your personal info with anyone. They don't have the right to it, and you don't know what they'll really do with it.
Regardless of a majority of people completely missing the bus on this valuable lesson, it also negates the usefulness of such measures.
- geoduck14 4y agoFun fact: I volunteered for a group that taught middle-school kids how to code. We used Chrome books and and MIT drag-and-drop coding editor - it was awesome. The first step was to sign-on the the Chrome books - which included a "check box" - are you 13 or older. So the first lesson we taught the kids was how to lie about your age on the internet. (As an aside, the kids previously had parental consent, so it was legit, but still...)