Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn...
by nostrademons on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:58PM
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That's what I'd always assumed, but taking madrox's comment at face value, it seems like the employees in question thought they were actually cleaning up the Internet. COPPA did no such thing; it just gave the appearance of cleaning up the Internet by making all children magically appear to be over 18 to those asking the question.
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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn...
by madrox on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:50PM
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This thread conflates two problems: how identity is managed on the internet, and corporate responsibilities in the face of that.
True age verification on the internet is a funny business. Unless we get some kind of government-backed ID, you have to trust what the user is telling you. It's a company's responsibility to take reported age seriously. Lying on age breaks the user agreement no one reads.
But if you tell the truth, and you're using an app designed for kids, your data will be protected according to the law, which is very pro-consumer.
In the end, if you choose to lie about your identity on the internet, that's your business.
Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn...
by mcny on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:05PM
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Reminds me of a story where PayPal froze some person’s account because they were not eighteen when they created the account. I read it here on hon. Maybe someone can find a link to the comment...