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Re:YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos by jobigoud on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @12:20PM (#27356954)
> In 2010, Google required your ID card if you enter a false birth date

How do they know it's false? And if they know it's false why do they ask for it, they already have the right one.

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Re:YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos by gknoy on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @12:48PM (#27357483)
> if they know it's false why do they ask for it, they already have the right one

Great question. It seems like it's being used as authentication, rather than authorization, in that it's meant to prove that you are who you say you are.

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