5 ms·
Just put in a generic name, like Victor Huntsman. Put in whatever you want for the email address and nickname.
by mahyarm 15y ago
Just put in a generic name, like Victor Huntsman. Put in whatever you want for the email address and nickname.
- bad_user 15y agoIf you'll read the announcement, it's pretty clear that Google+ names must pass a review process. And in case the name is "flagged", then you must provide: - References to an established identity offline in print media, news articles, etc - Scanned official documentation, such as a driver’s license - Proof of an established identity online with a meaningful following By giving a bogus name, you'll end up losing your online Google+ identity and access to other Google services, such as Gmail.
- tonfa 15y agoWasn't it established that a bogus name would not make you lose access to gmail/docs/etc?
- bad_user 15y agoWell, considering how some kids lost their Gmail account after signing up for Google+ and told the truth about their age, I wouldn't count on it.
- magicalist 15y agoThat's COPPA, though. You could argue that they should be supporting accounts for kids under 13 with parental permission (like Yahoo does, for instance), but that's not the same thing. Edit: and to preempt some class of responses: yes, as has been covered on HN before, COPPA has a clause that says not to warn users that setting their age to under 13 will prevent them from accessing content, and that you can't (generally) let them go back and change it later.
- bad_user 15y agoYeah, but why take away the access to Gmail? If Facebook/Twitter bans you, you don't lose access to Gmail. It makes no sense.
- true_religion 15y agoGoogle is a single company, and just finds it easier to ban you completely from their entire network than to let you have access in piecemeal to certain services.
- tomkarlo 15y agoA company can't ban a user from one service because they believe they're underage (to comply with COPA), then pretend to not know they should be banned from other services of the company where COPA would also apply. It's not "easier" to do that, it's just what you have to do since it's so difficult to make any social / messaging service COPA-compliant.
- true_religion 15y agoI inititially wrote just that but changed it.... I'm not sure that COPPA applies to GMail. Certainly, Yahoo mail doesn't stop me from entering a birth-date under the age of 13 when signing up for it.
- tomkarlo 15y agoYahoo will let you create the account, but then you'll have to go through a whole set of other steps to create a COPPA-compliant email account, including having a parent provide a credit card. That's different from how they would handle it if they had an existing account on Yahoo Mail and found out that the owner was less than 13 - I suspect they would have to turn it off as well, because they won't let you create a non-COPPA account once you've admitted you're under 13.
- magicalist 15y ago