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that's what my credit card is for
by micromacrofoot 4mo ago
that's what my credit card is for
- ceejayoz 4mo agoCredit cards don't validate age. I set my kids up with authorized user cards when they started going out with friends.
- onepointsixC 4mo agoMaybe they should. It would be far less intrusive for venders who wish to sell age restricted goods to simply have it built in like that.
- ceejayoz 4mo agoYou want to let every merchant I swipe my card at know my age? To improve privacy?
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- galleywest200 4mo agoNo, the assumption is that you must be 18 years old to apply for a credit card. Surely we could have the machines determine that an "authorized user card" does not guarantee 18+ but the actual card does.
- nairboon 4mo agoThey don't need to know the exact age. But if kids couldn't get credit cards... then possession of a credit card would be a proof of adulthood.
- ACCount37 4mo agoAn absence of "this user is underage" flag would be good enough. Less than 1 bit of private information leaked by transaction.
- scottlamb 4mo agoceejayoz> You want to let every merchant I swipe my card at know my age? To improve privacy? Remember the site guidelines: SG> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. The obvious solution is instead of "every transaction comes with the user's birthday", the vendor can in some way set a minimum age enum of say (13, 15, 18, 21, 25) — a handful of ages that are significant with respect to some law or regulation. Then the transaction succeeds or fails.
- micromacrofoot 4mo agoneither does my face but that isn't stopping them, so what exactly are we doing here
- ceejayoz 4mo agoIsn't the face scan intended to validate your passport, which you show, and does demonstrate age and identity?
- micromacrofoot 4mo agohaha wait they ask for passports too?
- ceejayoz 4mo agoThe Fable shutdown requires them to limit access to US citizens.