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Is this just clickbait or is the passport verification really done by Fortnite? The article doesn't explain it and I am very skeptical of the claim.

LightBug1 11mo ago
Google asked for my passport to pay for some ridiculous <$1 payment (I refused). So I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is was legit. Online companies have bent over and stuck their own heads up their own asses ... and they'll call it progress, good UX and security. Fuck em (generally speaking).
birdman3131 11mo ago
By a verification service owned by epic games apparently. So not fortnite but its not a super stretch.
- School-Cotton 11mo ago
  So it's not fortnite at all. It's something owned by the same company that happens to also own fortnite. That is actually a huge stretch. Imagine if I said "I have to pilot a 747 just to change the temperature of my house" (because Honeywell makes both passenger jet avionics and thermostats).
- cwyers 11mo ago
  It's as much of a stretch as describing using an Azure service as "I have to use Halo" or AWS as "I have to use Rings of Power."
  - wasabi991011 11mo ago
    No, Fortnite is/was directly made by Epic Games and is their most well known product/service. Better analogies would be Azure as "I have to use Windows" or AWS as "I have to use the Amazon store", which sound a lot less ridiculous than your analogies.
- mrgoldenbrown 11mo ago
  The good faith interpretation is that if the fortnite division had any reason to benefit from that passport info, they would be able to get it. That's not a super stretch.
hannahstrawbrry 11mo ago
First paragraph- "a subsidiary of the video game company that makes Fortnite"
lowmagnet 11mo ago
It says so in the first paragraph that it's a subsidiary of Epic Games that does verification.
ZoneZealot 11mo ago
'Kids Web Services' is a subsidiary of Epic, the makers of Fortnite. https://www.kidswebservices.com/ https://www.kidswebservices.com/
al_borland 11mo ago
It says it’s a subsidiary of Epic Games, and Epic owns Fortnite. Saying it’s Fortnite feels like a very clickbait way to frame it.
tomku 11mo ago
It's using "Fortnite" as a synecdoche for Epic Games, because "I have to give an age verification company owned by Epic Games my passport to use Bluesky" isn't quite as effective at revving the outrage engines, even if it has the benefit of being true. Personally, I don't think people who are willing to do that are showing themselves to be trustworthy but you might feel differently.
- Apocryphon 11mo ago
  It is pretty funny how Epic Games is a platform empire now such that they provide an authentication system used beyond gaming.
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LightBug1 11mo ago

Google asked for my passport to pay for some ridiculous <$1 payment (I refused). So I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is was legit. Online companies have bent over and stuck their own heads up their own asses ... and they'll call it progress, good UX and security. Fuck em (generally speaking).

birdman3131 11mo ago

By a verification service owned by epic games apparently. So not fortnite but its not a super stretch.

School-Cotton 11mo ago
So it's not fortnite at all. It's something owned by the same company that happens to also own fortnite. That is actually a huge stretch. Imagine if I said "I have to pilot a 747 just to change the temperature of my house" (because Honeywell makes both passenger jet avionics and thermostats).
cwyers 11mo ago
It's as much of a stretch as describing using an Azure service as "I have to use Halo" or AWS as "I have to use Rings of Power."
- wasabi991011 11mo ago
  No, Fortnite is/was directly made by Epic Games and is their most well known product/service. Better analogies would be Azure as "I have to use Windows" or AWS as "I have to use the Amazon store", which sound a lot less ridiculous than your analogies.
mrgoldenbrown 11mo ago
The good faith interpretation is that if the fortnite division had any reason to benefit from that passport info, they would be able to get it. That's not a super stretch.

hannahstrawbrry 11mo ago

First paragraph- "a subsidiary of the video game company that makes Fortnite"

lowmagnet 11mo ago

It says so in the first paragraph that it's a subsidiary of Epic Games that does verification.

ZoneZealot 11mo ago

'Kids Web Services' is a subsidiary of Epic, the makers of Fortnite. https://www.kidswebservices.com/ https://www.kidswebservices.com/

al_borland 11mo ago

It says it’s a subsidiary of Epic Games, and Epic owns Fortnite. Saying it’s Fortnite feels like a very clickbait way to frame it.

tomku 11mo ago

It's using "Fortnite" as a synecdoche for Epic Games, because "I have to give an age verification company owned by Epic Games my passport to use Bluesky" isn't quite as effective at revving the outrage engines, even if it has the benefit of being true. Personally, I don't think people who are willing to do that are showing themselves to be trustworthy but you might feel differently.

Apocryphon 11mo ago
It is pretty funny how Epic Games is a platform empire now such that they provide an authentication system used beyond gaming.

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