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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by cbg0 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @09:45AM (#28379714)
You will, they can't simply assume the owner has never changed.
Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by AlexAltea on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @09:54AM (#28379826)
Then why wouldn't the owner change after verification? Maybe they should verify every day, just to be safe?

Such nonsense just ruins the Internet, maybe we should find better approaches than "yet another banner": accepting cookies, accepting privacy policy, verifying age, registering, logging-in, etc. all to watch some dumb 10 second video... Yet, porn and violence are to this day still a Google search away. So, what is YouTube exactly trying to stop here?

Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by utucuro on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @09:57AM (#28379882)
You mean every time a video is started as well as after every ad, right?
Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by im3w1l on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:13AM (#28380070)
And drinking a can of beer for the camera proves you are 18+ without revealing your identity. I think we have something here!
Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by rowanG077 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @09:55AM (#28379855)
That makes little sense. Does this require reverification every time you log in? After all you can't simply assume the owner has never changed.
Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by cbg0 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:16AM (#28380118)
If the verification has never been done, and to comply with any regulatory requirements, they will likely perform the check once. Just because your account is 18 years old is most likely not going to pass various regulations which they need to comply with.
Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:18AM (#28380160)
Eventually, they could use the front side camera and do continuous face-ID style verification. So no getting mommy or daddy to do the ID verification for you.
Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by Ekaros on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:28AM (#28380279)
I think you could already buy this from China... Isn't this pretty much what is done for that online gaming service limitation?
Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @03:56PM (#28384826)
No, the Chinese aren't going that far yet.